# Project overview

NeXa RoVe is a personal AI and robotics project. The main idea is to explore how a local-first assistant can work as a real physical system, with voice input, local AI tools, a visual interface, and hardware control running close to the user.

The project is intended to show how software, AI, hardware, and interface work can fit together in a practical assistant. At a high level, a user speaks or interacts with the system, local software interprets safe commands, the interface shows feedback, and hardware components provide input or controlled physical behaviour.

The work brings together several areas:

- software for command handling, testing, and runtime behaviour
- local AI and speech tools where practical
- voice interaction for everyday assistant tasks
- a visual interface for feedback and status
- Raspberry Pi based hardware work
- sensors, camera experiments, displays, and robotics hardware
- safety checks around anything that can affect physical movement

This repository explains the project as a public engineering portfolio.

It documents selected build stages, problems, decisions and lessons learned so the project can be understood by recruiters, university contacts and technical readers.

The media and hardware pages show selected project photos, hardware images and project notes:

- [Image gallery](../media/images/gallery.md)
- [Hardware overview](../hardware/hardware-overview.md)
- [Engineering story](engineering-story.md)
- [Build map](build-map.md)
- [Challenges and solutions](challenges-and-solutions.md)
- [System diagrams](system-diagrams.md)

## What I am developing now

The current work is focused on the parts that make the assistant feel practical and safe: local AI direction, voice interaction, visual feedback, Raspberry Pi hardware, sensors, robotics exploration, testing, and movement safety.

I am also exploring how a system like this could support learning, routines, personal context, and everyday assistance in a more local-first way. These are active development areas, not finished product claims.

## Engineering focus

The engineering notes focus on the design direction, integration work and lessons learned from building the project.