New models will generally be unable to receive the FCC authorization required for importing, marketing, or sale in the U.S. Although the official FCC statement makes no direct connection to Chinese humanoid bots, it is well understood that China will take the biggest hit from the ban, as the country leads the world in humanoid and quadruped technologies. China’s commerce ministry responded to the new FCC action, stating that the rule would “severely undermine the stability of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.” You may have seen these advanced humanoid bots in viral social media posts dancing to Michael Jackson music or running marathons, but their real-world capabilities extend much further. The agency fears that such robots could be exploited as Trojan horses by foreign intelligence services.