AIROAR

The initial concept for the assistant was a monkey (AIPE), symbolising an endangered species. Unfortunately, the robot rig didn’t suit its arms – so for the prototype I chose a small jaguar and named it AIROAR.

AIROAR performs speech-to-text (STT) on a Raspberry Pi and runs a language model (LLM) and text-to-speech (TTS) with voice modulation on a PC with an NVIDIA graphics card – all without an internet connection. It can answer questions and move at the same time.