Qualcomm has agreed to acquire PickNik, the primary developer and maintainer of MoveIt, an open-source robotics framework for motion planning and manipulation. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions. Qualcomm plans to incorporate MoveIt 1, MoveIt 2 and MoveIt Pro into its Dragonwing robotics ecosystem while preserving their open-source status and support for third-party hardware. The deal would strengthen Qualcomm’s software capabilities for physical AI, complementing Dragonwing processors used for computer vision, sensor fusion, edge AI and real-time robotic control. Qualcomm’s robotics portfolio includes the IQ10 Robotics Reference Design, which offers up to 700 TOPS of AI performance, and the Arduino VENTUNO Q, which combines up to 40 TOPS with an STM32H5 microcontroller for low-latency motor control. Qualcomm shares traded around $196.65 in Wednesday premarket activity, down approximately 0.8% from Tuesday’s close at $198.27, after gaining about 2.1% Tuesday and 9.3% Monday.