An AI desk companion that feels present — she tracks you, talks out loud, and reacts with expressive body language.

V3 adds a new reasoning model, memory with summarisation, and 35+ extra animations with talk-time micro-gestures.

Build Guide: https://www.novarobot.co.uk/build-guide-v3

Software Install Guide: https://www.novarobot.co.uk/software-install-guide-v3

All Parts can be printed flat, and within 2 days!

Nova Desktop V3 — Expressive AI Robot Companion

A desktop companion that chats, tracks, and emotes.

Nova Desktop V3 has a real personality.

She runs a new AI reasoning model — so conversations feel sharper, more grounded, and genuinely engaging (not generic chatbot replies).

She tracks your movement and responds with expressive body-language gestures, making her feel truly present on your desk.

V3 also includes a new memory system that helps conversations build over time.

Features

🔴 Full GUI (simple app launcher)

🎙️ Voice conversation (STT + TTS) — talk naturally, no typing

👀 Face tracking / follows you — head + body tracking keeps her “locked on”

🤖 Expressive gestures + mood motions — reactions + micro-gestures while talking (more immersive)

🧠 Short-term + long-term memory

- Short-term: keeps the current conversation coherent

- Long-term: remembers useful preferences and ongoing goals/projects

- Memory summarisation: compresses sessions into clean summaries so memory stays reliable (instead of bloated logs)

✨ 35+ extra animations vs previous versions (less repetition, more variety)

Mood / animation states (examples)

idle, happy, excited, playful, joking, sarcastic, surprised, curious, thoughtful, calm, neutral, encouraging, determined, concerned, confused, frustrated, annoyed, proud, sad, tired

(Animations trigger automatically based on the conversation and context.)

📘 Build + Software guides: www.novarobot.co.uk

Print settings:

75% infill for moving parts

Snug supports

Let parts cool fully on the print bed before removal

Nova Desktop (V3) AI Humanoid Desktop Companion

0.08mm layer, 2 walls, 75% infill

0.08mm layer, 2 walls, 75% infill

0.08mm layer, 2 walls, 75% infill