{"id":85070,"date":"2026-07-31T16:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85070"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:41:58","slug":"robotic-vacuums-swept-up-in-new-us-crackdown-over-national-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/robotic-vacuums-swept-up-in-new-us-crackdown-over-national-security-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotic Vacuums Swept Up In New US Crackdown Over National Security Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/931\/523\/irobot-roomba.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A black Roomba vacuum on display in a store.\" width=\"313\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Certain robotic vacuum cleaners, including some Roomba-style devices, will be banned under the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. policy<\/a>\u00a0restricting foreign-made advanced robotics, federal regulators told FOX Business Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-fcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a> (FCC) said robotic vacuums fall under its updated &#8220;Covered List&#8221; rules adopted Tuesday, making certain new foreign-produced models ineligible for FCC equipment authorization due to national security and cybersecurity risks to U.S. critical infrastructure.\u00a0While the agency did not identify specific brands, an FCC spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business that robotic vacuums are among the devices covered by the restrictions.\u00a0 Major manufacturers including iRobot, SharkNinja, Dyson, Samsung and LG sell robotic vacuums in the U.S., with most production taking place in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a>, alongside manufacturing operations in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: Certain robotic vacuum cleaners, including some Roomba-style devices, will be banned under the new\u00a0U.S. policy\u00a0restricting foreign-made advanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}