QNX creates physical AI software for a range of robot form factors. | Source: QNX
QNX, a division of BlackBerry Ltd., will have a major presence at the Robotics Summit & Expo, which will take place on May 27 and 28 in Boston.
At the show, the company will deliver hands‑on demonstrations, thought leadership, and new research highlighting how its software can provide a safe, secure, deterministic foundation for numerous next-generation robotic systems, including those enabled by AI.
On the show floor, QNX will present interactive demonstrations illustrating how RTOS translates AI‑driven decisions into precise, reliable physical actions. Visitors will also learn how its software can scale from low‑cost prototypes to production‑grade commercial robots. This enables developers to build systems that can operate alongside humans safely and predictably.
In addition, QNX President John Wall will participate in the opening keynote panel, “Building the Next Era of Robot Autonomy.”
Robots are increasingly moving beyond enclosed industrial settings into shared human environments. This session will explore how safety, security, and real‑time performance must be engineered into systems from the start.
Wall will be joined by executives from Amazon Robotics, Locus Robotics, and Universal Robots. The panel will examine how leading organizations are enabling safe autonomy at scale as physical AI becomes a reality.
See demonstrations on the show floor
QNX has a variety of live demonstrations planned for the Robotics Summit show floor. The first involves accessible robotics prototyping on QNX software. This demo features an entry‑level robotic arm built on affordable hardware that can see and mimic human movements to pick up objects.
It shows how QNX software can be used as the deterministic control foundation for robotics development. It does this using the QNX Everywhere program. The company designed it to lower the barrier to entry by giving developers free and easy access to its software for learning, experimentation, and early‑stage prototyping.
The company will also be showing digital factory automation enabled by sensor fusion and deterministic safety. In a production‑style ‘Digital Factory Automation’ environment, a QNX OS-powered high-fidelity robotic arm demonstrates how lidar, vision sensing, and robot control all work together to enable real‑time object detection and avoidance.
Using QNX OS, the system incorporates dynamic safety in real-time. The system responds immediately and deterministically anytime an object or person enters its path of motion.
QNX will be showing high-performance motion replication on Intel and NVIDIA hardware. Powered by high-performance Intel and NVIDIA hardware, this demonstration uses AI-based pose detection to precisely replicate human gestures.
Visitors can interact directly with the system and watch an on‑screen avatar mirror their motions. This will showcase how QNX supports real‑time, low‑latency performance on advanced platforms used in humanoid and AI‑enabled robots.
QNX to launch architecture benchmark report
During the event, QNX will also debut its “Inside the Robot: Architecture Benchmark Report.” This is a new global research study examining how robotics development is evolving as systems become more software‑defined, AI‑enabled, and increasingly deployed alongside humans.
The report is based on a survey of 1,000 robotics developers worldwide. It will reveal the most significant inhibitors to progress, the gaps between system ambitions and current capabilities, and perspectives on the future of the industry.
“Robotics is at an inflection point where artificial intelligence is no longer confined to screens or simulations but is increasingly expressed through physical movements in shared real-world environments where the safety stakes are incredibly high,” said Carsten Hurasky, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at QNX.
“QNX provides the deterministic software foundation that makes this new era of physical AI trustworthy, whether you are experimenting with a low‑cost robotic prototype or deploying advanced commercial systems in safety‑critical environments,” he added. “At the upcoming Robotics Summit & Expo, we look forward to showing how developers can start quickly, scale confidently, and build robots that people can trust to perform reliably and safely 100% of the time, no matter the situation.”
GEDP to underpin every demo
All of QNX’s demos are based on the QNX General Embedded Development Platform (GEDP). GEPD is a comprehensive, production-grade solution designed to accelerate the development of safe, secure, and reliable robotics systems.
Incorporating the QNX RTOS, QNX GEDP provides a unified environment for embedded software development. It enables robotics innovators to bring advanced functionality to market faster while meeting ever-evolving yet stringent safety and security requirements.
At the booth, visitors will be able to interact with a GEDP animation that shows how these capabilities come together in practice.
Robotics Summit attendees are encouraged to stop by Booth 307 to see QNX’s demonstrations firsthand.
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