https://texasroboticslaw.com/ New insights from Texas Robotics Law. en Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-driverless-authorization-enforcement/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-driverless-authorization-enforcement/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Since May 28, 2026, Texas has required authorization and a first-responder plan for commercial driverless operation, and the filings must stay current. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-driverless-first-responder-plans/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-driverless-first-responder-plans/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 What a Texas driverless fleet's plan must tell the firefighter who arrives at a stopped vehicle with no driver to ask. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/september-2026-federal-av-strategy/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/september-2026-federal-av-strategy/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The September 3, 2026 federal strategy sets priorities. It changes no rule. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fcc-foreign-produced-robotic-devices/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fcc-foreign-produced-robotic-devices/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The FCC's robotics listing turns on the exact product and its authorization history. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fcc-robotics-conditional-approvals/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fcc-robotics-conditional-approvals/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The first FCC conditional approvals cover named product lines, not brands or countries. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/bvlos-proposal-and-existing-approvals/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/bvlos-proposal-and-existing-approvals/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Part 108 is still a proposal. Today's beyond-line-of-sight flights still run on waivers, exemptions, and certificates. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fda-surgical-robotics-draft-guidance/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fda-surgical-robotics-draft-guidance/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 FDA's draft covers one class of surgical robots and leaves remote teleoperation and autonomous systems out. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fda-february-2026-cybersecurity-guidance/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fda-february-2026-cybersecurity-guidance/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 FDA's February 2026 guidance recommends. Section 524B of the statute commands. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/deere-repair-settlement-and-robotics/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/deere-repair-settlement-and-robotics/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 What the proposed Deere order tells robot buyers to put in their own repair and support terms. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/coast-guard-2026-autonomy-guidance/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/coast-guard-2026-autonomy-guidance/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The Coast Guard's work instruction sorts autonomous vessels into three groups and leaves existing maritime law in place. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/industrial-robot-standards-2025/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/industrial-robot-standards-2025/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The 2025 revisions of ISO 10218 and R15.06 count only within their scope, and only in the edition cited. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/traiga-and-physical-environments/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/traiga-and-physical-environments/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 TRAIGA's definition of an AI system reaches machines that act in the physical world. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/connected-vehicle-restrictions-model-year-2027/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/connected-vehicle-restrictions-model-year-2027/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The connected-vehicle rule's model-year 2027 software ban is already reaching dealer lots. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/amended-eu-ai-act-timeline-for-robotics/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/amended-eu-ai-act-timeline-for-robotics/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Under the amended EU AI Act, a robot's compliance date depends on how the product and its AI are classified. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/reading-ads-crash-reports/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/reading-ads-crash-reports/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 NHTSA crash reports show what companies learned, not which system is safer. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/driverless-truck-warning-beacon-exemption/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/driverless-truck-warning-beacon-exemption/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Qualifying driverless trucks may now use cab-mounted beacons instead of warning triangles, through 2031. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/cybercab-certification-aq26002/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/cybercab-certification-aq26002/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 NHTSA wants to know how Tesla certified a vehicle with no manual controls to standards written for a human driver. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/benavides-driver-assistance-appeal/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/benavides-driver-assistance-appeal/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 A $242.6 million Autopilot judgment in Florida, and what would change under Texas fault and defect rules. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/faa-site-restrictions-and-texas-drone-law/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/faa-site-restrictions-and-texas-drone-law/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 The FAA's site-restriction proposal and Texas drone law reach the same flight in different ways. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/av-step-withdrawal-and-ads-rulemaking/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/av-step-withdrawal-and-ads-rulemaking/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 NHTSA withdrew AV STEP in June 2026 and turned to exemptions and performance standards. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fmvss-135-ads-proposal/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/fmvss-135-ads-proposal/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 NHTSA's brake proposal would let a vehicle stop without a pedal while keeping today's braking performance. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/austin-automated-vehicles-school-bus-investigations/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/austin-automated-vehicles-school-bus-investigations/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 A driverless car passed a stopped Austin school bus after consulting a remote agent. Where was the decision made? https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/section-232-robotics-texas-manufacturers/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/section-232-robotics-texas-manufacturers/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 No robotics tariff has issued, but the Section 232 investigation already belongs in Texas supply contracts. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/foreign-drone-purchasing-and-texas-agencies/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/foreign-drone-purchasing-and-texas-agencies/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 FCC listings, the federal Drone Act, and Texas technology policy each limit public drone purchases differently. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/mccraw-drone-decision-and-limits/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/mccraw-drone-decision-and-limits/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 McCraw upheld Texas drone law against a facial challenge and left narrower challenges open. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-2027-robotics-legislative-watch/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/texas-2027-robotics-legislative-watch/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 What the 2027 Texas Legislature may take up on robots, drones, and AI, starting with prefiling on November 9, 2026. https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/state-local-counter-drone-certification/ https://texasroboticslaw.com/insights/state-local-counter-drone-certification/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Certified Texas agencies may now detect drones and, with further training, stop them. Private parties still may not.