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- 🗓️ 2026-10-22 · ✍️ RoboterminalEka's Robot Picks 1,500 Things an Hour. Its Gripper Is Rated for About 139 Days of That.
- 🗓️ 2026-10-21 · ✍️ RoboterminalSchaeffler Will Buy Thousands of Humanoids From Its Actuator Customers. Its €400 Million Order Book Doesn't Count Those Deals.
- 🗓️ 2026-10-19 · ✍️ RoboterminalFifteen Humanoids Are Loading Car Parts at 98%. The Number That Decides Their Future Is 15 Seconds.
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BOOM 🎐 SpaceX just set a sky-high bar for Tesla’s earnings call later today 🔥 From Starship’s next milestones and Starlink’s expansion to massive AI infrastructure plans, new products, and extraordinary revenue ambitions, SpaceX’s Q3… |
The FCC and DOE just turned power inverters into national security hardware; the implications for grid design are not obvious yet. https://t.co/luxQ5nWhoM |
Standard Bots CEO @evanbeard breaks down their new AI platform and how it could revolutionize American manufacturing. "This allows you to essentially vibe code your robot" Full interview: 0:00 Intro 6:39 Vibe coding robots 8:19 Locate… |
Expert Takeaways: Meta's Optical Demand > Meta signed a $6B deal with Corning for MPO fiber cables to power its next-gen AI data center infrastructure. > Zhongji, Eoptolink, and Cohr lead Meta’s optical supply chain, with new entrants… |
ENGINEERING NEWS 🗞️ Tesla has found a brilliant way to fight wireless charging's radio leak without new hardware ⚡️ Wireless EV charging works by having a coil in a floor pad beam a magnetic field up into a matching coil under the car.… |
🇺🇸 @ElonMusk’s SpaceX just made a major move to bring satellite phone coverage inside buildings. AT&T's CEO has argued that satellite signals struggle to get through walls, limiting where the technology can work. @SpaceX is now buying… |
Long term thinking from day one. https://t.co/Qrt7pxrObw |
We eyeballed where the arms went at IROS. It didn't matter. Mounting height did. A 1 cm error cuts success rates by something like 70%. @castorhat's recap covers what mattered for our π0.5 demo, what didn't, and the other site-unseen demos… |
US FCC to vote to ban all Chinese labs from testing US electronics https://t.co/hjV0mmTHyd |
Starlink Mobile (direct-to-cell) V2 satellites are incredible. This @SpaceX constellation will enable more than 100 times the bandwidth of our current V1 system! https://t.co/qX8D73c5Cs |
Morgan Stanley Tech Talk: Optics > Expect companies like AMS-Osram and Sumitomo to compete with likes of Lumentum and Coherent in NPO. > FCC decision in coming 1 month (likey) to come on 3.2T transceivers, benefitting Lumentum and… |
Boston Dynamics didn't have a booth at IROS 2026. It still took the week. @castorhat's recap from Pittsburgh covers a show floor crowded with hands, hand makers turning into data companies, and the site-unseen demos that held up ⤵️… |
Field notes from IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh: a show floor full of dexterous hands, hand makers turning into data companies, and site-unseen demos that held up. https://t.co/76rYBC8l6B |
The Tactien Group outlines how the FCC’s proposed military-grade drone definition could affect foreign-manufactured UAS, existing fleets, infrastructure applications and future procurement decisions across America. Read more:… |
I still believe $INDI is one of the best opportunities for investing in the growth of humanoid robots, and nobody talks about this stock. Some of the biggest humanoid robot companies in the world are already using indie’s products. Robots… |
The FCC ban on foreign autonomous robots highlights the real constraint underneath the headline. Banning finished assemblies does not replace the rare earth magnet and actuator supply chain. Domestic robotics deployment depends on the… |
🇺🇸 @SpaceX is pushing the boundaries of space technology with plans for up to 1 million satellites that could bring massive AI computing power into orbit. Reported FCC details show each Starmind AI data center satellite could weigh up to… |
Lost in the shuffle last week: Husqvarna Group has become the first robotics company to receive Conditional Approval from the Federal Communications Commission (@FCC ) for foreign-produced advanced robotic devices on the U.S. market. The… |
The @FCC is writing communications-supply-chain rules that are very likely to shape how robots are built, tested, sold, serviced, and financed in the United States. Today, @RoboStrategy filed comments explaining why those effects deserve… |
California-based startup Reflect Orbital plans to bring sunlight to Earth after dark using satellites equipped with giant mirrors. The company’s first test satellite, called Eärendil-1, has received approval from the U.S. Federal… |
Agility Robotics' S-4 is public, and it's the first hard look at the numbers behind the $2.5B valuation. 2025 net sales: $1.78M. Net loss: $138.1M. Gross margin: -151%. Management concludes substantial doubt exists about the company's… |
🇺🇸 @SpaceX has filed with the FCC seeking permission to fly @Starlink terminals during Starship's 14th flight test, confirming plans for the program's first real attempt at reaching orbit. The FCC filing lists September 15, 2026 as the… |
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The shift to drones and missiles is not symbolic — it reflects a judgment that a high-intensity, island-chain conflict would consume munitions and cheap systems at rates legacy inventories cannot sustain. Building ammunition stocks and… |
Overview In response to the FCC’s July 2026 definition of an “advanced robotics device” and its inclusion on the Covered List, MassRobotics spoke to and surveyed resident startups, corporate sponsor […] The post FCC Covered List Ruling:… |
@WhiteHouse @elonmusk @WSJ @GregoryKBovino @nypost @latimes @DHSgov @ICEgov @Tesla 4/10 July 28 2026: FCC added foreign humanoids & quadrupeds to Covered List. New imports banned after interagency finding of “unacceptable” national… |
Breaking Pentagon blacklist vs. FCC drone bans: What drone pilots need to know about the differences thedronegirl.com 2d ago Aug 31, 2026 The Pentagon blacklist is a paper cut for DJI — it only blocks federal contracts. The FCC ban is the… |
U.S. Barriers Test China's Robotics Scale Advantage The U.S. is raising barriers around foreign-made drones and advanced robots, but those measures are colliding with a market where Chinese manufacturers already operate at major scale. The… |
Skip to content Posted on August 31, 2026 In recent months, the U.S. has introduced tighter rules on robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and related components, citing national security risks. These new policies… |
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Kate Park, TechCrunch (7:34 PM PDT, Aug 30, 2026): In July and August Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and components. Drone tariffs take effect in… |
The Drone Girl (Aug 31, 2026): DoD Section 1260H list (FY2021 NDAA) bars listed 'Chinese military companies' (includes DJI) from certain federal procurement. FCC Covered List under Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act blocks new… |
The FCC Constraint: Closing the Western Market Escape Valve One mechanism that might have imposed commercial discipline on Chinese humanoid makers — exposure to demanding Western end-users who would not accept subsidized, underperforming… |
The Supply Chain Shortage for UxV and Robots: Who Is Filling the Gap? Top 20 Components to Watch | New suppliers from Mexico, Taiwan, Japan, Korean | The VC and Entrepreneurs Angle Two weeks apart, two separate US policy actions closed off… |
Last month, the FCC updated its Covered List, in a shot mostly at China, which controls a majority of the humanoid robot market. こん前の月に、FCC（米連邦通信委員会）は、主に中国を標的として規制対象リスト（Covered List）を更新したんよね。 |
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Top The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices and certain foreign-produced power inverters to its list of equipment and services that have been determined to pose “an unacceptable risk… |
Post Log in Sign up Post Mayank Vora on X: "🤝 FOURIER GR-3 CARE ROBOT Not every robot at the conference was built for factories. The human-sized GR-3 is covered in soft material and responds through vision and touch. It is designed for… |
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FCC "Buy American" rule walls off foreign humanoids. New Covered List action blocks new foreign humanoid/quadruped models from US equipment authorization via a domestic-content test — directly hits BYD's newly unveiled Xiao Di and Unitree… |
Robots & Startups Interesting things about robots, robot startups, and the future that's already here. From the epicenter of the robot revolution - Silicon Valley Robotics. By Andra Keay · Over 10,000 subscribers Subscribe By subscribing,… |
A robot built by Beijing's X-Humanoid ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds on Saturday. Bolt's record is 9.58. Elsewhere at those games, robots tripped, came apart, and one caught fire. Everyone is quoting the one that caught fire. That is not… |
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On July 28, 2026, FCC PSHSB added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to the Covered List (Public Notice DA 26-786). |