Guard Act Ban on Unitree Robots Risks Retaliatory US Setback

If you are in the USA and in robotics, and support the Guard Act, then you could be signing the death warrant of your industry.

Expect a retaliatory ban, most likely batteries and actuators (and the raw materials).

And I am not just talking about supplies for American humanoid robots being affected.

The impact on China would be minimal; its domestic market makes up 80% of its total robotics market.

And their main export customer for humanoids? Research institutes. Guess how models are being trained, and the next generation of robotics engineers is being educated? Yep, on Chinese robots.

Congratulations, at best, you'll only set the USA back by 5 years.