US House of Representatives Passes Defense Bill, Plans to Ban Military Use of Chinese-Made Humanoid Robots

TechFlow news, on July 24, according to the South China Morning Post, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act, Section 163 of which stipulates that the Pentagon will be prohibited from procuring, leasing, or operating humanoid robot systems related to foreign adversaries such as China, Russia, and Iran, citing reasons involving national security and data privacy. This provision incorporates parts of the Countering Adversary Dominance in the U.S. Robotics Sector Act, but currently the scope of restrictions only involves military procurement and has not yet expanded to commercial sales.

The report pointed out that Chinese enterprises accounted for approximately 80% of global humanoid robot shipments last year.