# Ati Robotics' Sherpa Mecha Humanoid and Four Other Platforms Cleared Under FCC Covered List Review > Ati Robotics secured conditional approval exempting five Sherpa platforms, including its Mecha humanoid, from the FCC Covered List. - Published: 2026-11-06T14:46:37+00:00 - Section: Regulation & Approvals - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/ati-robotics-fcc-covered-list-clearance - Source: [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ati-robotics-sherpa-mecha-humanoid-sherpa-10k-tugger-and-sherpa-flexfork-cleared-for-continued-us-sale-following-national-security-review-302932093.html) ## Key takeaways - Ati Robotics received conditional approval from the U.S. Department of War exempting five platforms from the FCC Covered List. - The FCC published the approval on October 30, 2026, under the legal name ATI Motors, Inc. - Sherpa Mecha is one of only two humanoid robots cleared as of October 30, 2026, and the only one built for factory work. Ati Robotics said on November 6, 2026 that its Sherpa Mecha industrial humanoid, Sherpa 10K tugger and Sherpa FlexFork autonomous forklifts received conditional approval from the U.S. Department of War, exempting them from the Federal Communications Commission Covered List. [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ati-robotics-sherpa-mecha-humanoid-sherpa-10k-tugger-and-sherpa-flexfork-cleared-for-continued-us-sale-following-national-security-review-302932093.html) carried the announcement. ## What the FCC Approval Covers for Ati The [FCC](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00002fw/fcc) published the approval on October 30, 2026 (DA 26-1181) under the company's U.S. legal name, ATI Motors, Inc. It covers five platforms: Sherpa Mecha, Sherpa 10K, Sherpa 3K, Sherpa FlexFork 1500 and Sherpa FlexFork 3000. All five remain eligible for the FCC equipment authorization required for distribution in the United States. Sherpa Mecha is a dual-arm mobile manipulator that navigates the plant floor, retrieves bins and handles parts in a single continuous workflow. Sherpa 10K moves up to 10,000 lb of material between lines, docks and warehouses, while Sherpa FlexFork autonomously transports pallets and carts. Ati Flow, the company's material orchestration software, coordinates the three platforms. Since July 28, 2026, foreign-produced advanced robotic devices have been placed on the Covered List unless cleared through a national security review. Ati Robotics develops its own autonomous and fleet-management software systems. "The FCC action simply reinforces our belief that autonomous robots are strategic technology and must be treated as such by enterprises," said Saurabh Chandra, founder and CEO of Ati Robotics. ## Ati Robotics' Funding and Factory Footprint According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Ati Robotics has raised $82.4 million in total funding at Series B stage, with the last round dated January 22, 2025. The company's robots have been deployed across 70+ factories globally, and its headcount sits in the 101-250 range. The records list a $20 million Series B round in January 2025 led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital, and a $10.85 million Series A round in July 2023 led by True Ventures and Athera Ventures Partners. Ati Robotics rebranded from [Ati Motors](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00006nt/ati-motors) in April 2026 and consolidated its offerings into four solution families: Tugging, Pallet Handling, Lifting & Handling, and Material Orchestration Software. ## IIIT-H Navigation Tests Before the Clearance In October 2026, IIIT-H demonstrated vision-based navigation for warehouse AMRs using cameras and AI, without LiDAR, and transferred code to Ati Robotics for testing, [Manufacturing Today India](https://akta.pro/news-signals) reported. The system uses image pairs and landmarks for sparse localization, and researchers are exploring industrial deployment. Deccan Chronicle reported that IIIT-H and Ati Robotics demonstrated an autonomous mobile robot navigating a factory floor using camera images and AI-based 3D reconstruction, without LiDAR. ## What Ati Robotics Says Comes Next Ati Robotics said its robotic portfolio maintains a 99% mission success rate in daily production, with an average deployment time of four weeks or less. U.S. customers retain full access to deployment support, service and spare parts, backed by the company's U.S. headquarters in Madison Heights, Michigan. ## Companies in this story - [Ati Motors company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00006nt/ati-motors) · website: https://www.atirobotics.ai - [FCC company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00002fw/fcc) · website: http://fcc.gov --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt