# Arduino opens pre‑orders for ventuno Q edge AI board for robotics

Digest AI · Hardware & Compute · published 2026-09-23T18:04:35Z

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## Summary

Arduino S.r.l., now a Qualcomm subsidiary, announced pre‑orders for the VENTUNO Q board, its first product aimed specifically at robotics. The board combines a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ‑8275 processor that delivers up to 40 dense TOPS of AI performance with 16 GB LPDDR5, 64 GB eMMC, expandable M.2 NVMe storage and a dedicated STM32H5 microcontroller. It ships with Ubuntu and can be programmed via the Arduino App Lab, VS Code, or native Linux tools, while the MCU runs Arduino Core on Zephyr RTOS for real‑time motor and sensor control.

Developers can access a curated library of NPU‑optimized models—including large language, vision‑language, speech, and object detection—through the App Lab, or import custom GGUF models from Hugging Face and train them with Edge Impulse Studio. The “Works with Arduino” program partners SECO and Toradex to offer production‑grade system‑on‑modules using the same Dragonwing IQ8 chipset, easing the path from prototype to commercial deployment. Qualcomm also announced the acquisition of PickNik Inc., planning to integrate its MoveIt framework with the VENTUNO Q platform.

## Key points

- VENTUNO Q pairs a Dragonwing IQ‑8275 processor with up to 40 dense TOPS AI performance, 16 GB LPDDR5, 64 GB eMMC, and expandable M.2 storage.
- Arduino App Lab provides a library of NPU‑optimized LLM, VLM, speech and vision models, plus support for custom GGUF models from Hugging Face.
- “Works with Arduino” partners SECO and Toradex will offer production‑grade SOMs using the same Dragonwing IQ8 chipset for commercial robot deployments.

## Why it matters

The board brings high‑performance edge AI to a familiar Arduino platform, lowering the barrier for developers to build real‑time, offline robotic applications and easing transition from prototype to production.

## Sources

1. [With the new VENTUNO Q board, Arduino hopes to make robotics development easier](https://therobotreport.com/new-ventuno-q-board-arduino-hopes-make-robotics-development-easier) (The Robot Report, 2026-09-23)

## Cite

Digest AI, "Arduino opens pre‑orders for ventuno Q edge AI board for robotics", 23 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/arduino-opens-preorders-for-ventuno-q-edge-ai-board-for-robotics

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