Qualcomm and Skydio collaborate on autonomous drone compute platforms

Feb 7, 2023 · Partnership · Qualcomm · Ai Compute

Qualcomm aligned Skydio drone autonomy stacks with Qualcomm robotics processors targeting enterprise perception workloads.

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  • Qualcomm and Skydio collaborated on drone compute platforms using Qualcomm robotics processors.
  • The collaboration focuses on enabling AI-driven autonomy and perception for enterprise drone systems.
  • The partnership links Qualcomm compute to Skydio's autonomous drone platform work.

Qualcomm develops wireless, edge AI and compute platforms used across mobile devices, IoT, robotics, drones and autonomous systems. Its robotics exposure comes through Snapdragon and Dragonwing processors, robotics development kits, connectivity platforms and edge AI architecture rather than complete robot systems.