{"id":263512,"date":"2026-08-20T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:00:11","slug":"us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"US distributor of China\u2019s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A leading US distributor of China\u2019s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots at a facility on Long Island, New York. The business pivot comes amid the US government\u2019s growing crackdown on foreign-made robots.<\/p>\n<p>The company RoboStore had previously become the main North American distributor for humanoid robots and quadruped robots from Unitree Robotics, a Chinese robotics company that produces some of the most affordable and popular humanoid robot models. Universities such as Harvard and MIT, along with tech companies like Amazon and Nvidia, purchased such robots made in China through RoboStore for their own research and development purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve sold over 1,500 robots and deployed them and worked with customers like Cisco, OpenAI, Nvidia, and over 150 universities,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/teddy-haggerty-4a950089\/\">Teddy Haggerty<\/a>, founder and CEO of RoboStore, told Ars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leading US distributor of China\u2019s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots at a facility on Long Island, New York. 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