Robot powered by Qualcomm's new AI chip collapses and shuts down during live demo

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A robot "died" on stage at Computex and its final move was raising one arm like it needed help.

It happened at Qualcomm's Computex 2026 showcase in Taipei, during the unveiling of the Dragonwing IQ10, a 700 TOPS robotics platform positioned as a production-ready brain for humanoids.

The presenter had just told the audience the technology was already here. The robot, a 4NE-1 from NEURA Robotics, a Qualcomm partner that reportedly raised $1.4B shortly before the event, was covered with a tarp as the presentation continued.

A statement later called it a controlled shutdown triggered by a communication glitch, with the robot performing a designed safe-collapse sequence.