FCC Grants Intel Waiver to Use Existing Foreign-Made Robotic Devices
In July, the FCC barred imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to protect the U.S. AI buildout from national...
The Federal Communications Commission said on October 22 that it has granted a waiver to Intel from its ban on some foreign-made advanced robotics to allow it to continue to use some vehicles critical to semiconductor production.
The FCC said it would grant a one-year waiver of its rules in order to prevent "potential disruptions in the availability of domestic semiconductor manufacturing services for Intel’s customers."
Intel in a petition last week said the robotic devices are critical to its U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. Without the waiver, Intel would not have been allowed to make software, firmware, and hardware changes for its "automated guided vehicles" that it said could be classified by the agency as robots.
Intel told the FCC there is a lack of proven domestic alternatives that meet operational requirements and replacing the automated guided vehicles would take Intel years and could disrupt its manufacturing operations.
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