“I welcome these Executive Branch national security determinations, and I am pleased that the FCC has now added foreign-produced advanced robotics and power inverters to the FCC’s Covered List,” FCC chair Brendan Carr said, according to the fact sheet.
Breitbart News previously reported that Salamanca City Central School District’s board of education approved a $57,000 purchase of an AI-powered humanoid robot from Realbotix, intending to use the stationary unit, already nicknamed Sally, to support high school students studying robotics and technology.
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“Following President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, the FCC will continue to do our part to secure America’s critical supply chains and, with today’s action, the FCC is acting in lock step with our national security agencies to do just that,” Carr added. Trump plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in September, CBS News reported.
“Protectionism does not make the U.S. more competitive and will only hurt the interests of U.S. companies and consumers,” Mao Ning, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Power inverters produced in foreign countries.… pic.twitter.com/q8YCIOHBzZ “Inverters’ remote connectivity introduces additional vulnerabilities which compound as inverter-based resources proliferate on the U.S. grid,” the administration’s national security determination said in part.
The tech firm unveiled an open humanoid robot reference design that uses the body of a Chinese-made Unitree robot, according to Nvidia’s official May 31 announcement.
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Chinese firms accounted for the vast majority of roughly 13,000 total worldwide humanoid robot shipments in 2025, according to research firm Omdia. One Chinese manufacturer, AgiBot, shipped 5,168 units, 39 percent of the global total. NEWThe FCC has now added two new categories of devices to our Covered List, which bans new versions from import or sale in America.1. Joplin Ficek, who graduated from Salamanca High School in 2024 and currently works at a daycare, questioned the entire premise of introducing robots and AI into educational settings.
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The FCC included “exemptions for devices that, based on a DOW or DHS finding, pose no unacceptable threat,” Carr said in a post on X. “Although you confirmed that the robot would not have any role delivering classroom instruction, a recent presentation to the board characterized the robot as a ‘tutoring platform,'” Rosa wrote. “There is no possible way a robot can replace a human in a school,” he said Tuesday.
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Superintendent Mark Beehler explained the educational vision behind the purchase on Tuesday, stating the robot would serve as a resource for students. The district addressed privacy concerns in social media posts, stating that Sally will not collect students’ personal information, record audio or video interactions, or transmit data back to Realbotix.
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