BASE — the AI that runs a room

The living system · running now

A room that sees, listens,
remembers, and acts.

This isn't a mockup. Base runs today on real hardware — recognizing who's present, deciding whose voice to obey, controlling the room, and driving machines, all from one control surface.

localhost:5000 — Base · Room Intelligence

LIVE

It recognizes you on sight — and greets you by name

The live camera puts a box on every face and identifies known people from a single frame. New faces are learned automatically. Base logs who was in the room and when, greets people as they arrive, and can set the space — and unlock the smart lock — for the right person.

LIVE

Voice you can cut off

Real-time speech that talks back — and stops the instant you interrupt, like a real conversation.

What Base does today

Capabilities, already running.

Knows who's speaking

By cross-referencing where each person stands with the direction a voice arrives from, Base works out who is talking — and decides whether to listen or to hold back.

Memory & total recall

Base remembers who was in the room and the conversations held there. Ask it to recall an earlier exchange — "what did we decide?" — and it picks up the thread instead of starting from zero.

Brainstorms & draws live

Ask Base to think something through and it builds an animated diagram on the display — node by node, narrated as it draws, then zooms through it with you.

Controls the room

Lights, locks, door, window, and the smart-home layer respond to voice and AI. The physical space becomes something Base can actually operate.

The diagram engine

It draws as it thinks.

Real output from Base's display: a custom engine that builds structured diagrams live, animates the connections, and walks you through each part out loud.

▸ live build — each node revealed as Base narrates it

Base diagram engine rendering an electric vehicle powertrain architecture

The machines · the heart of Base

Hands and wheels
for the intelligence.

Base reaches into the real world. Two machines are central to what it becomes: a robotic arm that handles physical tasks, and an autonomous rover that moves through the room on its own.

In build

The Robotic Arm

Self-designed, 3D-printed, tendon-driven through an array of servos. It takes spoken commands and turns them into motion.

In development

The Autonomous Rover

A rover that maps and navigates the room on its own — carrying Base's awareness with it, going where it's asked, reporting what it finds.

Demonstrated publicly

From print bed
to public stage

The arm has already been shown live to visitors and engineers at one of Prague's largest student showcases. Every part on the table started as a spool of filament and a design file.

Fully self-designed and printed, joint by joint
Servo-driven fingers with tendon routing
Built to take instructions straight from Base

Showcase · Prague Robotic hand at public showcase

Servo + tendon mechanism

Printed & wired, joint by joint

One connected loop

You walk in. The room
takes it from there.

STEP 01

Recognize

The camera identifies you from a single frame and notes what you're wearing right now.

STEP 02

Respond

The room sets itself for you — lights, lock, and display react to who entered.

STEP 03

Converse

You talk. Base listens, answers, searches, draws diagrams, remembers.

STEP 04

Act

The rover and arm carry out physical tasks while Base keeps talking with you.

Where Base is headed

A room that understands
itself — run on sunlight.

The roadmap connects every part into one autonomous system: a room that watches itself, machines that move through it, and clean power underneath it all.

Autonomous rover

Maps and navigates the room on its own, carrying Base's awareness with it — going where it's asked and reporting what it finds.

Vision auto-aim turret

A computer-vision turret that locks onto and tracks a target by sight. Because a demo should be fun to watch, too.

Horizon

Autonomous drone

An eye in the air — extending Base beyond the floor of the room and giving it a view from above.

All powered by clean solar energy. The whole system — brain, room, rover, arm, and drone — is designed to run off the sun, so an always-on intelligence doesn't mean an always-on drain.

About the builder

Built by Ariya Man.

Ariya Man

Student engineer · Prince of Wales Scholar · Prague

I'm a multinational student living in Prague, aiming for the Ivy League. I've been building from the moment I was born — and Base is the project I most want to be known for.

I co-founded Prague Proposals, a wedding-proposal company, and a charity run in my town that raised almost $2,000 through Ticha CV Pohybu. I founded the robotics club at my school, which earned us a place at one of the biggest student showcases in Prague.

I'm also the official videographer for a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, flying with them across the world — present in over 15 countries this year alone.

Company

Prague Proposals

Co-founder — a wedding-proposal company.

pragueproposals.com ↗

Charity

Ticha CV Pohybu

Co-founded a town charity run — raised nearly $2,000.

tichacvpohybu.cz ↗

Diplomacy

Ministry Videographer

Official videographer for a Ministry of Foreign Affairs — in 15+ countries this year.

School

Robotics Club Founder

Prince of Wales Scholar. Founded the club; earned a top Prague showcase spot.

Ariya with his headmaster and three architecture alumni behind his moving floor model

With my headmaster & three architecture alumni — behind my moving floor model

On assignment

Filming · foreign ministry

Covering an arrival

Live event coverage

Running the robotics club

Showcasing in Prague

Live demo

The robotics club

Press setup · ministry

The AI that

A room that sees, listens,
remembers, and acts.