Topic
Robotics
222 published works
SmarTrade
President Directs Section 232 Negotiations on Robotics and Industrial Machinery Imports, Defers Tariffs or Quotas
By Kristina Shcheglazova*, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Scott E. Diamond**
On October 28, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation titled “Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components into the United States,” directing the Secretary of Commerce…
Sports Shorts
2026 World Humanoid Robot Games: A Brave New World for Sport, Technology and Regulation
Introduction Robots competing for medals may once have belonged firmly in the realms of science fiction. Not anymore. The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games (the “Games”), which took place in…
The Consult
FDA Proposes Premarket Recommendations for Robotically Assisted Surgical Devices
On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance that sets out the agency’s recommendations on nonclinical testing, clinical data, and labeling for premarket submissions…
HLC - All Publications
FDA’s draft RASD guidance codifies years of existing review practice for general surgical robotics systems
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new draft guidance on premarket submissions for robotically assisted surgical devices (RASDs). We see the guidance as a notable maturation of FDA's…
Global Investment Watch
United States: An Outbound Hole in Your Compliance Manual Can Be Costly
By: Thoreau A. Bartman, Meg W. Laurent, Sarah V. Riddell, and Yuki Sako On 7 October 2026, US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced its first civil penalty under the…
India Legal
Robotic Arms Of Art
By Sujit Bhar The art of writing has already been at the receiving end of the current Artificial Intelligence (AI) invasion. Whole AI-written books are preparing to jostle for space…
21st Century Taxation
Taxing Robots and AI Tokens
In his August 26, 2026 essay - The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical, Bill Gates raises a lot of important ideas. He also…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
100X 2026: Where the Energy Transition Met the AI Revolution
By Louis Lehot
There are conferences you attend, and there are conferences that recalibrate how you think about the next decade. TDK Ventures’ 100X 2026, held this week in Burlingame, California, was firmly…
Criminal Law Library Blog
When Humanlike Robots Make Mistakes: Social Expressiveness and the Fragility of Trust
IntroductionA recent Tech Xplore article reports on research suggesting that making humanoid robots more socially expressive (through eye contact, gestures, nodding, and other humanlike behaviors) can increase engagement but may…
TechnoLlama
Are we really living through a technology backlash?
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