UK charity Living Streets is calling for autonomous delivery robots to be removed from sidewalks until safety legislation protects pedestrians, especially disabled people. A YouGov poll found 60% support a full ban, while operators and the government favor regulation and trials.
China's NHSA gathered seven surgical robot makers and five hospitals to warn against using the technology for showmanship or inflating procedure volumes, even as installation and market figures keep rising. The real bottleneck, experts say, is not pricing or reimbursement but a shortage of adequately trained surgeons, since most cleared systems remain low-autonomy tools.
Chinese makers built over 97% of the world's humanoid robots in H1 2026 but exported only 12.4%. What IFA 2026 shows about Europe's barriers.
MassRobotics surveyed 14 member companies about the FCC's restrictions on foreign-made advanced robots. The results show an even split between those viewing the rule as beneficial and those seeing it as detrimental, with sentiment tied to manufacturing location.
AGIBOT received RED DA, RED NB, and Safety AK certifications from TÜV Rheinland for its A3 Ultra at IFA Berlin 2026, highlighting compliance with international safety and regulatory standards and supporting global market expansion.
China will enforce 59 mandatory and 375 recommended national standards starting Sept. 1, covering home appliances, robot intelligent control, smart terminal platforms, and e-commerce, providing support for industry growth and product quality.
President Trump has signed a memorandum aiming to expand U.S. space launch capacity to over 1,000 missions per year by 2030, directing NASA to explore commercial robot landings on Mars and crewed round-trip missions. The memo also opens federal launch sites to commercial users and streamlines permitting.
The US FCC has added foreign-made power inverters and advanced robots to its 'Covered List', blocking their sale in the US. China's People's Daily condemns this as discriminatory and a distortion of market rules.