With the new VENTUNO Q board, Arduino hopes to make robotics development easier
Arduino VENTUNO Q’s dual-brain architecture pairs a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 Sprocessor with a real-time STM32H5 microcontroller. | Source: Qualcomm Arduino S.r.l., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., recently opened pre-orders for VENTUNO Q, a edge AI platform powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 Series. Arduino built the board for developers, prioritizing familiarity and ease of use with the right software, accessories, and extensions. While this is Arduino’s first intenti
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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.
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