The US foreign-made robot crackdown is coming for future Roombas too

The FCC has added foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, and confirmed that robot vacuums are included.

Future foreign-made robot vacuums will need FCC authorization or Conditional Approval before they can be sold in the US.

The rule targets software-driven connected ground robots made outside the US and is partly justified by cybersecurity concerns.

Already approved models and robot vacuums already purchased by consumers are not affected, but the policy could slow new foreign-made models like future Roombas.