New Robot Safety Rules for the USA
The United States has introduced updated industrial robot safety rules through a new national standard developed by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3).This standard, kno…
Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones and Related AI Regulatory News
Transparency in AV Crash Data to Build Trust
The Progressive Policy Institute has proposed a new federal regulatory framework to address low public trust in autonomous vehicles (AVs) by improving transparency around their saf…
Artificial Integrated Cognition (AIC) for Robots
The robotics industry faces a pivotal moment due to regulation, particularly the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act). While impressive humanoid robots powered…
California Proposed Ban on Chatbot Toys for Kids
California State Senator Steve Padilla has introduced a new bill, SB 867, that would impose a four-year ban on the sale and manufacture of toys equipped with AI chatbot capabilitie…
AI Chatbot Harm Claims and Lawsuits
Google and Character.AI have reached agreements in principle to settle several high-profile lawsuits from families claiming that Character.AI's AI chatbots contributed to serious h…
UK Drone Rules from 1 Jan 2026
Starting from 1 January 2026, new UK regulations require anyone wishing to fly a drone or model aircraft weighing 100g or more outdoors to pass a free online theory test run by the…
Chinese Comprehensive AI Rules, Draft Regulation, Dec 2025
In late December 2025, China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published a draft regulation titled "Interim Measures for the Management of Anthropomorphic Interactive Serv…
Major Changes to U.S. Drone Regulations - Detection, Tracking and Disabling
The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed by Congress and sent to President Trump for signature as of mid-December 2025, introduces major changes to U.…
United States' Federal Government Drone Procurement Rules
On November 21, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a new memorandum (M-26-02) implementing the American Security Drone Act (ASDA) of 2023. This regulation estab…