Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act

Key Points

• This bill aims to make the United States a leader in building and using robots. It focuses on machines used in factories, mining, and even those that help care for the elderly at home. It specifically excludes toys, drones, and regular passenger cars.
• The government would work with businesses to set new safety and performance standards for advanced technology like humanoid robots and artificial intelligence. It also calls for new training and apprenticeship programs to help American workers learn the skills needed to work with these machines.
• NASA would be required to share its robotics inventions and patents with private American companies. This is meant to help local businesses use space-age technology to improve their own products and grow the domestic robotics industry.
• The Department of Commerce would track how many robots are being used across the country and report back to Congress every year for five years. These reports would look at which industries are using robots the most and how it affects jobs and worker skills.

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