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In this The Daily Signal article, Autumn Dorsey and Josh Revoir warn that Chinese-made humanoid robots pose a severe national security threat through continuous data collection and Chinese Communist Party access, urging the United States to ban them from American markets before they dominate.
- Chinese humanoid robots use cameras, sensors, and machine learning to collect detailed data on physical spaces, human behavior, and workflows, transmitting that information to overseas servers accessible to the Chinese government under CCP compliance laws.
- Certain Chinese models sell for as low as $13,500—cheaper than an average used car—thanks to over $20 billion in Chinese government subsidies and lower manufacturing costs, positioning them to flood global markets.
- Unitree, a major Chinese robotics firm already scrutinized by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, produced an alleged 5,500 humanoids last year and aims for 20,000 in 2026; its systems have been used in military contexts and even by U.S. Marines.
- By comparison, Tesla has manufactured roughly 1,000 Optimus humanoids to date, while most American humanoids remain in testing stages.
- The authors compare the risk to TikTok and Chinese routers, noting that humanoid robots embed surveillance sensors directly into physical environments and national infrastructure.
- Recent precedents include the FCC adding Chinese routers and DJI drones (which held 75 percent of the U.S. market) to its Covered List, effectively banning them from American sales.
- National security agencies can update the FCC Covered List to include Chinese humanoid technology under existing statutes, preventing FCC authorization for U.S. market entry.
- An outright ban would give American manufacturers such as Tesla, Amazon’s Fauna Robotics, and Boston Dynamics room to mature, compete on price and security, and keep market share in U.S. hands.
- Delaying action until Chinese robots dominate U.S. markets would make decoupling far riskier and cede technological and economic ground to the CCP.
Read the full story:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/22/keep-chinese-humanoid-robots-out-of-us-markets-robots/
