Intel gets one-year FCC waiver from foreign-made robot ban
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Intel applied for and received a one-year waiver, reported on October 24, because it was unsure whether the FCC's ban on foreign-made robots covered equipment in its fabs. An FCC order dated October 22 lets Intel keep using those foreign-made robots at its US semiconductor plants and approves specific changes to their hardware, software and firmware for operation and maintenance. Intel describes the devices as automated guided vehicles that run along tracks or preset paths, usually under operator supervision, moving materials in warehouses and factories.
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- Ars Technica · AIIntel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Intel 因不确定美国 FCC 对外国制造机器人的禁令是否覆盖其晶圆厂设备，申请并获得了为期一年的豁免。FCC 于 10 月 22 日发布命令，允许 Intel 继续在美国半导体工厂使用这些外国制造机器人，并批准其对相关硬件、软件和固件做特定修改以维持运行维护。Intel 称这些自动导引车沿轨道或预设路径运行，通常需要操作员监督，用于在仓库和工厂内搬运物料。
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