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United States: Physical AI Governance Atlas
United States carries 5 records on the Physical AI Governance Atlas as of September 2026: 4 verified at a primary source, 0 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 1 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: binding law 1, guidance 2, program or strategy 2.
Binding law
1 record
No United States federal statute governs robots as such, and the agencies say so in their own words
United States · verified 15 September 2026
OSHA's own manual points inspectors at private standards and at 29 CFR 1910.212, the general requirements for all machines.
Guidance
2 records
The US regulates autonomous vehicles through exemptions and crash reporting, not through a self driving rule
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The notice summarises the framework's three principles and requests comment on interim guidance for commercial deployment exemptions, with comments requested on or before 31 August 2026.
US robot safety enforcement runs on general machine guarding plus a technical manual that points at private standards
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The chapter states that the safety standard for robots is part 1 and part 2 of ANSI and RIA R15.06-2012, Industrial Robots and Robot Systems, Safety Requirements.
Program or strategy
2 records
The nearest thing to a US federal robot programme is a measurement science project, and it makes test methods, not rules
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The program's objective is to develop and deploy measurement science that advances robotic system performance, collaboration, agility, autonomy, safety and ease of implementation.
America's AI Action Plan treats robotics as a manufacturing race and orders a supply chain convening, not a safety rule
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The plan says AI will enable a wide range of new innovations in the physical world: autonomous drones, self driving cars, robotics, and other inventions for which terminology does not yet exist.
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What people ask about United States
What binds a robot maker or deployer in United States?
No United States federal statute governs robots as such, and the agencies say so in their own words (absent). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What do regulators and agencies advise in United States?
The US regulates autonomous vehicles through exemptions and crash reporting, not through a self driving rule (verified); US robot safety enforcement runs on general machine guarding plus a technical manual that points at private standards (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What is the state funding or planning in United States?
The nearest thing to a US federal robot programme is a measurement science project, and it makes test methods, not rules (verified); America's AI Action Plan treats robotics as a manufacturing race and orders a supply chain convening, not a safety rule (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What has nobody settled in United States?
No open question for United States is on the ledger yet.
What does United States not have?
No United States federal statute governs robots as such, and the agencies say so in their own words. Each absent record says where the ledger looked and when, so the search can be repeated.
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