Boston Dynamics
Spot
Can the Boston Dynamics Spot be imported and sold in the United States?
Lawful to import and sell
Built in the United States, so the covered device rule does not reach it at all.
The record
- Board verdict
- US-made
- Origin
- United States
- Class
- Quadruped
- Availability and tier
- Enterprise sales. Enterprise tier.
- FCC ID
- 2ATBY-NMDB-2
- Grant date
- 8 Jul 2019
We loaded the grant record ourselves from the official FCC equipment authorization database.
US-produced, so outside the Covered List entirely. The mature industrial choice.
Who can buy it, and with what money
Two different gates. Whether a platform may be sold at all is set by FCC authorization and binds everyone. Whether a particular buyer may spend a particular kind of money on it is set by procurement law and binds public money only. The same machine can pass one and fail the other.
Built in the United States, so the covered device rule does not reach it at all.
Built in the United States, so the covered device rule does not reach it at all.
Built in the United States, so the covered device rule does not reach it at all.
Built in the United States, so the covered device rule does not reach it at all.
On 28 July 2026 the FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices over 4.4 lb to its Covered List. A covered device cannot receive a new equipment authorization, and without one it cannot lawfully be imported or marketed in the United States. Devices authorized before that date keep their authorization. That single date is what separates the platforms on this site that can ship from the ones that cannot.
The rule in full→Other quadruped platforms on the board
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