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- Sep 23, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Qualcomm Agrees to Buy PickNik, Steward of the MoveIt Robotics Framework
- Qualcomm Technologies agreed to acquire PickNik Inc., the longtime steward of MoveIt, one of the most widely used open-source robotics manipulation frameworks; closing is subject to customary conditions[1]
- Qualcomm said MoveIt 1 and MoveIt 2 will stay open-source under their existing licence, community-driven and supported on third-party hardware[1]
- MoveIt, the commercial MoveIt Pro and future PickNik technology are to be integrated more closely with Dragonwing robotics platforms and, starting with the Arduino VENTUNO Q, with Arduino boards[1]
- PickNik was founded in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado; its team began work on MoveIt as part of the ROS project at Willow Garage[3]
- The companies showed MoveIt Pro running on VENTUNO Q and Dragonwing platforms at ROSCon Toronto the same week[1]
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- [1]90%qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/qualcomm-to-acquire-picknik-to-advance-the-future-of-open-robotiqualcomm.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Sep 23, 2026 ✓· 33% of score
Qualcomm's release says it 'today announced its agreement to acquire PickNik[2] Inc.'; The Robot Report[3] reported it on September 23, 2026.
- [2]70%PickNik Robotics: Newspicknik.ai· Added Sep 25, 2026· 33% of score
PickNik's own news page lists the Qualcomm[1] acquisition coverage dated September 23, 2026.
- [3]85%Qualcomm acquires PickNik Robotics, will keep MoveIt open source (The Robot Report)therobotreport.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 33% of score
Published 23 September 2026: PickNik[2], founded 2015 and based in Boulder, Colorado, rebranded MoveIt Studio as MoveIt Pro in 2024 and released MoveIt Pro 9.0 this year.
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