Road map
What Nova has already become, what is being improved now, and where the platform is heading next.
Built so far
Nova Desktop V3 is already a major step forward.
Voice conversation
Face tracking
Expressive gestures
Reasoning enabled
Memory summarisation
Long-term memory
Short-term memory
Live vision use
Builder-ready files
What makes Nova different
- Built around presence, not just movement
- Focused on conversation, timing, posture, and reaction
- Desktop-scale personal robotics instead of toy behaviour
- Designed to be built, improved, and shared
- Growing from full desktop builds into simpler, more accessible variants
Current lineup
- Nova Desktop V3 — the most expressive and complete desktop version so far
- Nova Totem — a simpler three-servo version focused on presence, tracking, and conversation
- Nova Mini — in development as the smallest and lowest-cost Nova entry point so far
Now
Current priorities.
Nova Totem
Nova Mini
Stronger models
Smarter tool use
Smarter vision
Faster replies
Natural timing
Compact memory
Cleaner GUI
Next
- Refine Nova Totem
- Finish Nova Mini
- Upgrade to stronger reasoning / thinking models
- Improve function tool calling and decision-making
- Make reactions feel more natural
- Reduce response delay
- Add better micro-gestures and timing
- Smooth face tracking further
After that
- More compact and efficient memory system
- Better memory controls in the GUI
- Reset Memory button in the interface
- Richer idle states and behaviours
- Cleaner software packaging
- Stronger hardware revisions
- Eventually: walking Nova humanoids
AI + Vision
- Stronger conversation models
- Better reasoning before action
- Smarter use of function tools
- More intentional vision calls
- Less wasted latency
- More believable interaction flow
Software + Interface
- Clearer setup flow
- Improved defaults
- Better error feedback
- Reset Memory button in GUI
- Cleaner controls and layout
- More compact overall system
Design + Hardware
- Cleaner product lineup
- Better printed parts
- Improved proportions
- Simpler assembly
- Better cable routing
- More reliable motion systems
Long-term vision
Nova is growing from a single desktop robot into a family of personal robots — from Mini and Totem, through more expressive desktop builds, and eventually toward full humanoid systems.