America wants more robots built at home. The problem is that many of the parts U.S. startups need to build them still come from overseas.
The Federal Communications Commission has added certain foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its Covered List as Washington raises national-security concerns around connected robotics. The move could create new hurdles for U.S. startups that rely on foreign components for prototyping and production.
That creates an uncomfortable trade-off: policies designed to strengthen America’s robotics industry could make it harder for some of its youngest robotics companies to compete.
The restrictions came with…
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