US lawmakers to introduce bill to ban government use of Chinese robots

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-introduce-bill-ban-government-use-chinese-robots-2026-03-26/

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Thursday planned to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made ​by Chinese firms.

In statements on Thursday, the lawmakers argued that such robots present ​a national security risk because they could be used to gather data to send ​back to China or could be remotely controlled from China. A group of lawmakers last year urged ‌the ⁠Pentagon to add Unitree to a list of firms that work with China’s military.

Schumer said Chinese firms with support from the Chinese Communist Party “are running their standard playbook - this time ​in robotics - trying to ​flood the U.S. ⁠market with their technology, which presents real security risks and threats to Americans’ privacy and American research and industry.”

:cross_mark: Chinese government spying on Americans
:white_check_mark: American government spying on Americans

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This law is about as important as the US sanctioning Chinese made time machines.

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humanoid robots

It’s nice to see Congress tackling a major contemporary issue and making a real impact.

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To be fair, I am for banning all humanoid robots, so even if only some are banned I see this as a win.

You know what I mean if you ever played Detroit: Become Human

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Disagree. Waste of our lawmaking resources that could be better spent drafting better bills.

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If you knew what some other lawmakers write useless laws you would be surprised :sweat_smile:

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Are we talking about the same Congress?[1]

  1. I know I already made a joke about them wasting resources and I’m not being very consistent but I couldn’t resist ↩︎

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