OUR APPROACH / INSIDE LOVE
Meet the character. Open the system.
LOVE is SYMB10’s story-driven companion.
An authored character. A connected experience. A system designed to earn your trust.
01 / THE BUILD
Five connected layers. One recognisable character.
Explore the proposed architecture behind LOVE’s identity, conversation and continuity.
Character / Conversation / Memory
Story / Embodiment
Someone recognisable.
An authored identity, visual language and emotional range designed to remain coherent across every encounter.
An exchange, not a command.
Voice and text that can respond, accept interruption and recover when the system gets something wrong.
Continuity you can inspect.
Selected memories would carry useful context forward. Review, correction and deletion belong inside the experience.
A world that carries on.
An authored narrative system would connect choices, encounters and future chapters without losing the thread.
Presence has many forms.
Digital voice, face and gesture are one track. A physical robot is a separate engineering programme with its own proof requirements.
CHARACTER / IN THE MAKING
A glance. A pause. An unexpected laugh. An imagined moment in the studio, exploring how LOVE’s character could become a physical presence.
I Define the character
II Make the interaction
III Earn the evidence
02 / FIELD MANUAL
Six proposed capabilities.
Try a conversation, shape a memory and choose what happens next.
You
“Can we slow down a little?”
LOVE
“Of course. One thought at a time. Where would you like to begin?”
Conversation pace
Try a shorter response in this scripted exchange.
Design principleThe person sets the pace. Interruption, clarification and quiet interaction belong in the experience.
You
“Sunflowers always cheer me up.”
LOVE
“Would you like me to remember that?”
Memory permission
Proposed preference. Save it to grant permission in this sample.
Not saved.
Design principleRemember with permission. Make memory visible, correctable and removable.
You
“What was behind the red door?”
LOVE
“We left it unopened. The light beneath it is still moving.”
Chapter continuity
Chapter: The red door. Choose how this scene continues.
Design principleA meaningful choice changes the next moment. Continuity should survive a return to the experience.
You
“How would you greet me?”
LOVE
“There you are. I saved a little of the afternoon for us.”
Expression direction
Choose the performance direction of this sample line.
Design principleExpression supports meaning. Voice, face and gesture should agree, with text always available.
You
“Please don’t send me reminders.”
LOVE
“Understood. You decide when we speak.”
Contact preferences
Sample setting: invitation reminders.
Design principleChoice should be easy to exercise. Contact preferences and exit controls belong in the main experience.
You
“I need to go for a while.”
LOVE
“Take your time. We can pick up here whenever you choose.”
Session continuity
Sample session: a conversation beside the station.
Design principleNo guilt. No pressure to return. Keep a useful place to resume and a clear way to start fresh.
03 / PHYSICAL RESEARCH
A compelling character is the beginning. A physical companion also needs dependable sensing, controlled motion and a body that can be maintained.
Separate research track / Concept
Modular systems study / schematic only
The software experience and the physical research programme need separate demonstrations, budgets and release decisions.
Proposed module / Concept
Explore how a physical companion could detect a person’s presence, receive deliberate input and communicate when a sensor is active.
Proposed module / Concept
Explore expressive movement within measured mechanical limits, with clear stop behaviour and a predictable response to obstruction.
Proposed module / Concept
Assess power delivery, heat and shutdown behaviour together. The right power architecture depends on the eventual physical design.
Proposed module / Concept
Design how the system stops, explains a fault and recovers. A disconnected service or failed component must have an explicit fallback.
Proposed module / Concept
Consider inspection, cleaning, repair and component replacement from the beginning of the physical design.
04 / EVIDENCE
An inspectable route from design intent to demonstrated capability. Status follows evidence, and physical research keeps its own gates.
Maturity framework
ConceptWorking prototypeAvailable
Current capabilities shown here: Concept| Capability | Maturity | Evidence to demonstrate | What to measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character & story | Concept | A reviewed character specification and a choice preserved across sessions. | Character consistency, continuity errors and the value people report. |
| Conversation | Concept | An unedited exchange with interruption, clarification and recovery. | Response delay, successful exchanges and recovery from failure. |
| Memory & control | Concept | A preference saved, inspected, corrected and verifiably deleted. | Recall accuracy, deletion behaviour and understanding of controls. |
| Digital expression | Concept | Voice, face and gesture delivering a coherent interaction. | Synchronization, appropriateness and accessibility. |
| Physical embodiment | Concept | A physical prototype supported by mechanical, power and fault tests. | Reliability, physical limits, operating cost and serviceability. |
SYMB10’s proposed product layer
Creative direction, an authored world, interaction design and the rules for continuity and user control. Implementation and rights evidence will be documented for each component.
Technology we would integrate
Underlying model, speech, rendering, storage and hardware services. Providers, commercial terms and responsibilities remain to be selected and verified.
NEXT / EVIDENCE-GATED MILESTONES
Review the character specification, authored world and asset-rights record.
Show conversation, memory controls and a story choice working together.
Run a documented user evaluation and publish the method, limitations and findings.
Complete a bounded hardware study with test evidence, costs and service assumptions.
Set release scope only after reliability, operating economics, rights and support are reviewed.
LOVE / OPEN SYSTEM
SYMB10 / Story-driven companionship
