Cristiano R. Amon, the president and CEO of semiconductor giant Qualcomm Incorporated, said that artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming robotics into a scalable reality, positioning it as the company’s next major frontier for edge AI.
In an interview with CNBC’s Jon Fortt, Amon drew parallels between Qualcomm’s success in the automotive sector and its ambitions in robotics.
“The same principles that made us successful in automotive — high-density computing, power efficiency, sensor integration, and safety — apply even more to robots,” Amon said.
He highlighted the need for advanced silicon, scalable software and an “AI data flywheel” to enable machines — from industrial autonomous mobile robots to humanoids — to learn and adapt in real time.
Amon described robotics as a trillion-dollar market opportunity across healthcare, retail, logistics and consumer applications.
Qualcomm, he said, is developing technology platforms to make advanced robotics more accessible and affordable while establishing new performance benchmarks.
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