Asked often.
Answered straight.

Often yes, and the date that decides it is 28 July 2026. On that day the FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, which closed new equipment authorizations. A platform whose FCC authorization was granted before that date keeps its grant and can still be lawfully sold, bought and operated. A foreign platform without a pre-existing grant cannot be newly authorized, which in practice means it cannot be lawfully imported or marketed here. The question to ask any seller is simple: what is the FCC ID, and what is the grant date?

Two groups. First, foreign platforms with verified pre-cutoff FCC grants: Unitree's Go2, Go1, B2 and G1, and the LimX TRON 1 all have grant records we have read in the public database. Second, US-made platforms, which sit outside the rule entirely: Boston Dynamics Spot, Agility Digit, the 1X NEO, and Ghost Robotics Vision 60. A few more models have grants reported just inside the window but not yet independently verified. Our directory page lists all of them with FCC IDs, dates and sources.

A live listing proves nothing about legality. Several platforms are being offered in the US today with no FCC grant record we could find, including models priced near six figures. The seller may hold paperwork we have not seen, so ask them for the FCC ID and check it yourself in the FCC's public equipment authorization search. If they cannot produce one, the listing is the problem, not our directory.

Batteries. Lithium packs above 100 Wh face heavy air-freight restrictions, so most full-size platforms travel by ocean under UN 38.3 documentation. That is roughly 30 to 45 days door to door plus customs clearance. Small platforms with modest packs can sometimes fly. Anyone promising two-day delivery on a 60 kg lithium machine is not being straight with you.

We arrange four kinds of protection, quoted alongside the machine: third-party liability for injury or damage the robot causes, physical damage cover for the unit itself, transit and marine cargo cover for the journey here, and an extended service plan beyond the manufacturer warranty. Insurance lines are underwritten by a licensed carrier and placed by a licensed broker. We are not the insurer and we never hold the risk; what we contribute is the condition report, serial record and service history that make a claim clean.

A landed, itemized number: the unit at ex-works price, freight, customs duty, tariff, brokerage, commissioning, and any coverage you asked us to scope, each as its own line. Plus the platform's FCC ID and grant date so you can verify its status yourself, the exact hardware revision, the country of production, and the honest lead time. Nothing is charged before the specification is confirmed in writing.

Yes. The FCC Covered List is a US rule. Buyers in Europe and elsewhere are governed by their own regimes, chiefly CE marking under the EU's radio and machinery frameworks, and several platforms blocked for new US import remain fully available there. For export orders we quote against the destination country's rules, not ours.

It can. The FCC kept the authority to revoke or restrict earlier authorizations, which is why we record the exact FCC ID and hardware revision of every unit we sell and track the Covered List for changes. If a rule change touches a platform we quoted or sold you, we tell you directly rather than waiting for you to find out.

Because we have not yet confirmed their grant records against the FCC database, and we will not label something authorized until we have. Our manufacturer agreements are still being finalized. When each platform's paperwork is checked, its badge changes, on the card, on the product page, and on the compliance status board, in that order.

Yes, legged robots fall. That is part of the operating envelope, not a defect. It is also why we photograph and function-test every unit at commissioning, stock common wear parts domestically, assign a named technician to each machine, and offer physical damage cover with the sale. The plan for the fall matters more than pretending it will not happen.