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Oct 27Tue
  1. Robotics & Automation News73

    Qualcomm announces acquisition of PickNik, will continue maintaining open-source MoveIt framework

    Qualcomm Technologies has agreed to acquire robotics software company PickNik, which has long maintained the open-source manipulation framework MoveIt. Qualcomm said MoveIt will retain its existing open-source license, community roadmap, and support for third-party hardware, and it plans to integrate MoveIt and the commercial MoveIt Pro more closely with the Dragonwing robotics platform and Arduino VENTUNO Q boards, connecting vision-language-action models with motion planning, manipulation, and real-time control.

Oct 20Tue
  1. OFweek Robotics62

    OpenLoong open-source system progress released at ROSCon China; Avnet and Guyueju sign memorandum of cooperation

    ROSCon China was held in Shanghai on October 16, 2026. The National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center presented the latest progress of the OpenLoong open-source system. Avnet, the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, and Guyueju jointly released the white paper "From Specialized to General: 2026 Embodied Intelligence Technology Evolution and Industrial Implementation." Avnet and Guyueju signed a memorandum of cooperation.