New Delhi, July 29 -- The robot patrolling a warehouse floor or crawling on four legs through a logistics hub may now carry a designation that once belonged to Huawei routers and ZTE base stations: national security threat.

the agency's register of equipment determined to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. communications infrastructure - to include humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and connected power inverters manufactured in foreign adversary nations. A White House interagency body formally declared all three categories to represent unacceptable risks before the FCC's listing took effect. New models of those devices will no longer be eligible for the equipment authorization required to be imported, marketed, or sold in the United State...