Where is Qualcomm based?

Qualcomm is based in San Diego, California, USA.

What does Qualcomm make?

Qualcomm has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 (Qualcomm builds physical robots).

Where does Qualcomm operate robots?

Qualcomm is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

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Qualcomm

Based in San Diego, California, USA · 1 model on record

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Key facts

Company: Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM); founded 1985; CEO Cristiano Amon
Robotics Platform: Qualcomm RB (Robotics) Platform - RB1, RB2, RB3 system-on-modules for IoT and robotics; integrated AI, 5G, computer vision
Autonomy Platform: Snapdragon Ride - ADAS and autonomous driving platform; also used for AMR and drone autonomy
Leadership: Dev Singh (VP Robotics, Drones and Intelligent Machines), Sahil Bhasin (Senior Director Robotics PM), Ziad Asghar (SVP Product)
Customers: iRobot, LG, Sony (Aibo), Amazon (Astro), NXP partners, automotive OEMs via Snapdragon Ride
Patents: 2 USPTO robotics patents (mobile platform, visual SLAM) under Qualcomm assignee; extensive wireless and AI patent portfolio
Cross-Category: Qualcomm RB spans AMR, drone, consumer robot, automotive - multi-form-factor brain provider; RB3 specifically targets humanoid and industrial robots

HQ: San Diego, California, USA
Type: hardware
ID: 1cf371e3-b377-4556-88d9-6cc9c35db3d0

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Models (1)

Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2compute

Current leadership (5)

Ziad Asghar executiveSEC-verified
Sahil Bhasin executivesince 2022-01-01secondary-verified
Cristiano Amon ceosince 2021-06-01SEC-verified
Dev Singh executivesince 2021-01-01secondary-verified
Akash Palkhiwala executivesince 2020-01-01SEC-verified

Supplies to (1)

Compute / semiconductor

Amazon Astroby AmazonSnapdragon SDA660 application processor + dual QCS605 IoT/vision SoC (+ PM660 family PMICs)supplies

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Patent estate (2)

US 11,423,567usptograntedgranted 2022-08-23assignee
US 11,789,012usptograntedgranted 2023-10-17assignee

Sources (1)

Qualcomm · https://www.qualcomm.com/

Common questions

Where is Qualcomm based?: Qualcomm is based in San Diego, California, USA.
What does Qualcomm make?: Qualcomm has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 (Qualcomm builds physical robots).
Where does Qualcomm operate robots?: Qualcomm is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-07

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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