Intel Gets FCC Exemption to Continue Using Foreign-Made Robots
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The FCC previously imposed a ban on foreign-manufactured robots, covering foreign-made automation equipment used in U.S. facilities, much of which is produced by Japanese vendors such as Murata Machinery and Daifuku. Uncertain whether the ban would apply to the foreign-made automated guided vehicles in its fab equipment, Intel proactively applied to the FCC for an exemption. On October 22, 2026, the FCC issued an order granting the exemption, allowing Intel to continue using foreign-made automated guided vehicles in its U.S. semiconductor manufacturing facilities for one year, and approved the necessary hardware, software, and firmware changes to these devices.
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- Ars Technica · AIIntel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Intel proactively applied for and received a waiver due to uncertainty over whether the FCC's ban on foreign-made robots covers fab equipment. In an October 22 order, the FCC allowed Intel to continue using foreign-made automated guided vehicles at its US semiconductor manufacturing facilities for one year, and approved necessary hardware, software and firmware changes to the equipment. Such robot vehicles are mostly made by Japanese vendors such as Murata Machinery and Daifuku.
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