FCC robotics import ban & the onshoring scramble

updated 2026-10-23 — status: open Robots

The FCC’s 2026 ban on new foreign-made advanced robots, widely seen as aimed at China, is now testing the US onshoring push: US makers warn of actuator and rare-earth gaps that could triple costs.…

Fusion race: $10B bill, ENN's H-B groundbreak, UK sprint

updated 2026-10-23 — status: open Energy

Unitree: the "self-evolving" AI that trains its own humanoids

updated 2026-10-23 — status: open Robots

China: humanoids pivot from spectacle to battlefield (Reuters investigation)

updated 2026-10-22 — status: open Robots

China private launch tempo: SpaceSail dual-sourcing, Raptor-class rivals

updated 2026-10-21 — status: watch Space

China industrial shift: EV makers to humanoids, JD.com's 3 million robots

updated 2026-10-20 — status: open Robots

The humanoid component supply chain: hands and the manipulation test

updated 2026-10-20 — status: open Robots

AiMOGA's Mobo: a consumer family humanoid, unveiling Oct 21

updated 2026-10-17 — status: open Robots

FLAIR opens Hong Kong's first Embodied AI hub

updated 2026-10-16 — status: open Robots

LinkerBot: the production-scale shipping claim

updated 2026-10-16 — status: open Robots

DexForce: training humanoids on virtual data

updated 2026-10-15 — status: open Robots

China's ACP100 SMR: hot testing begins

updated 2026-10-14 — status: open Energy

Unitree: the reported $6.2B IPO pursuit

updated 2026-10-14 — status: open Robots

Xinjiang Dadao: first embodied-AI assembly line, completion April 2027

updated 2026-10-13 — status: open Robots

XPeng IRON: production line commissioned, mass production promised for year-end

updated 2026-10-11 — status: open Robots

Manus: the Meta acquisition China unwound ($500M+ re-raise, Cue)

updated 2026-10-10 — status: open AI

Model-theft ops: distillation-extraction campaigns (OpenAI × Moonshot)

updated 2026-09-30 — status: open AI