{"slug": "meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute", "title": "Meet Nuvi: the AI desk companion that goes from Q to cute", "summary": "Arduino and YouTube creator Luca Di Lorenzo built Nuvi, a tiny expressive AI desktop companion based on the Arduino UNO Q board that notices, listens to, and talks back to its user. The project, detailed on the Arduino Blog, was originally intended as a simple robot assistant before becoming a more playful desktop device. Nuvi is designed to run everything it needs locally on the UNO Q board.", "body_md": "Luca Di Lorenzo (@LucaDilo on YouTube) recently worked with us on what was meant to be a simple robot assistant, but soon became something much more fun: a tiny, expressive desktop companion that notices you, listens to you, and talks back. Based on the Arduino® UNO™ Q board, Nuvi is designed to run everything it needs […]\n\nThe post [Meet Nuvi: the AI desk companion that goes from Q to cute](https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/22/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute/) appeared first on [Arduino Blog](https://blog.arduino.cc).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute", "canonical_source": "https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/22/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute/", "published_at": "2026-09-22 12:27:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 12:54:02.824869+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "robotics", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Arduino", "Nuvi", "Luca Di Lorenzo", "Arduino UNO Q", "YouTube"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-nuvi-the-ai-desk-companion-that-goes-from-q-to-cute.jsonld"}}