Qualcomm Technologies recently unveiled a wide variety of updates and launches to their product portfolio at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. These announcements largely focused on the expansion of its offerings for vehicles, robots and IoT devices.
For the IoT sector, the company launched a pair of Dragonwing Q-series processors intended to support secure on-device AI on drones, smart cameras, industrial vision systems, media hubs and various other devices.
It noted the new silicon was complemented by related software, services and developer tools including technology gained from acquisitions of Augentix, Arduino, Edge Impulse, FocusAI, and Foundries.io within the last 18 months.
Qualcomm highlighted it was now “positioned to address the needs of a much wider spectrum of IoT customers” from global companies to independent developers, with the aim of becoming the “provider of choice for core edge compute and AI technology across all industrial and embedded verticals”.
Acceleration
The majority of its announcements were aimed at the automotive segment and included an extended collaboration with Google intended to simplify development of software-defined vehicles and aid adoption of in-vehicle agentic AI.
It stated the pact “establishes end-to-end automotive technology solutions” to integrate its digital chassis products with Google’s automotive software.
The pair aim to provide the means for “automakers to create next-generation vehicles that better anticipate, react and adapt to driver needs with agentic AI”.
Among its latest products for the sector is a 5G RedCap modem intended to “help automakers scale 5G across more vehicles,” as the company pointed to increased safety on the road delivered by modern connectivity systems and infrastructure.
Qualcomm noted its kit was being used by an increasing number of players in the automotive industry, with a range of new collaborations announced at CES.
Humanoids
Another area the company is actively targeting is robotics. During the Las Vegas event, it is showcasing what it described as a comprehensive full stack architecture covering hardware, software and compound AI systems for next-generation robotics.
It asserted its newly announced processor for full-size humanoid robots and industrial autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) would deliver high performance, energy efficient “brain of the robot” capabilities.
Qualcomm added its “end-to‑end architecture accelerates automation by transforming physical embodiments for general‑purpose, continuously learning robots for retail, logistics, and manufacturing”.
Source: Mobile World Live
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