With the new VENTUNO Q board, Arduino hopes to make robotics development easier

Arduino has released a new board called VENTUNO Q designed to make robotics development more accessible by combining powerful AI computing with familiar Arduino tools and accessories. The board pairs an AI processor with a real-time microcontroller and comes with software tools that allow developers to build robot applications without requiring extensive specialized expertise. This matters because robots typically need to process sensor data and respond immediately without relying on cloud connections, which edge computing on this board enables for real-world deployments in warehouses and manufacturing sites. Arduino, now owned by Qualcomm, is positioning this as its first intentional entry into robotics while building on its two decades of community use in the robotics domain.