Qualcomm's partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. German robotics startup Neura Robotics has inked a partnership with semiconductor giant Qualcomm to build the next generation of robots and physical AI. The deal is the latest coupling in the emerging physical AI industry between robotics startups and larger tech hardware and software companies. While no specific products were mentioned in the Monday announcements, the companies will work together to build the “brain and nervous system” of robots in a quest to advance the deployment of humanoid and general-purpose robots in the real world in both domestic and industrial settings. More specifically, Neura will use Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Robotics IQ10 processors as reference designs in its robots. This IQ10 series was announced at CES earlier this year, and these chips are designed to work with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and humanoids. Neura also plans to use its Neuraverse robotic simulation and training platform, which was released in June 2025, to test and fine-tune the robot

Mar 9, 2026 → Mar 9, 2026