SunFounder
PiCar-X, PiDog, PiCrawler
Can the SunFounder PiCar-X, PiDog, PiCrawler be imported and sold in the United States?
Lawful to import and sell
Under the 4.4 lb threshold, so the covered device rule does not reach it. Weight on record: Small.
The record
- Board verdict
- Under the line
- Origin
- China
- Class
- Small and desktop
- Availability and tier
- Entry tier
- Weight on record
- Small
- FCC ID
- Not on file
- Grant date
- Not on file
We searched and found no US authorization record. Absence of a record is itself the finding, and it is why the platform reads the way it does below.
The cheapest credible ladder into robotics on this board. SunFounder publishes a named distributor address, which is rare this far down the tier.
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.
Under the 4.4 lb threshold, so the covered device rule does not reach it. Weight on record: Small.
Under the 4.4 lb threshold, so the covered device rule does not reach it. Weight on record: Small.
Under the 4.4 lb threshold, so the covered device rule does not reach it. Weight on record: Small.
Under the 4.4 lb threshold, so the covered device rule does not reach it. Weight on record: Small.
The ground robot rule is conjunctive: a device is covered only if it is foreign produced AND over 4.4 lb including any dock or charging base. Almost every desktop, companion and kit robot sits under that line, which puts it outside the rule entirely. Weight is therefore the fact that decides this tier, and where it is unpublished we confirm it against a supplier spec sheet before quoting.
The entry tier→Other small and desktop platforms on the board
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