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Hardware Development for AI Companions & Home Robotics

Build connected hardware around your companion AI, home assistant or consumer robotics software — with voice, sensing, embedded compute, connectivity, firmware, custom electronics and production support.

Home AI hardware: voice, sensing, embedded compute, connectivity and production electronics for AI companion and home robotics products
/ PRODUCT LAYER

Give Your AI a Reliable Physical Interface

An AI companion or home robotics product has to operate in a much messier environment than a software demo. It has to hear people across a room, handle household noise, stay connected, manage power, recover from interruptions and make device state understandable to non-technical users.

GMIC helps build the embedded hardware layer around that experience.

/ CAPABILITIES

The Hardware Stack Behind an AI Companion

Voice & Far-Field Audio

Microphones, speakers, arrays, AEC, noise reduction and DSP for two-way conversation in real household environments.

Cameras & Sensors

Integrate camera, motion, touch, IMU, proximity and environmental sensors based on the product experience.

Embedded & Edge Compute

Select MCU, SoC and edge compute based on latency, privacy, local processing and cost requirements.

Wi-Fi, BLE & Device Connectivity

Connect the product to apps, home networks, cloud services and accessories with the appropriate wireless and wired interfaces.

Firmware & OTA

Implement device state, pairing, recording/streaming behavior, retries, updates, authentication and power-management logic.

Custom PCB / PCBA

Move from modules and dev boards to integrated electronics designed around enclosure size, BOM, power and production.

/ VOICE & AUDIO

Home Voice Hardware Has to Work Outside a Quiet Demo Room

TV audio, kitchen noise, multiple speakers, music, reflective rooms and the product's own speaker can all degrade voice capture. The audio architecture has to be designed around the enclosure and target listening distance, not added after industrial design is complete.

Microphone topology and placement
Speaker/microphone acoustic separation
AEC, noise reduction, AGC and beamforming where applicable
Validation with real household noise and distance
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/ AI ARCHITECTURE

Choose What Runs On-Device and What Runs in the Cloud

Edge

Low-latency device functions, wake word, simple local inference, privacy-sensitive processing and offline behavior.

Cloud

Large models, fast model updates and compute-heavy reasoning when network access is available.

Hybrid

Local capture/control plus cloud intelligence, with buffering and retry behavior designed into firmware.

GMIC helps implement the device hardware and firmware around the architecture your AI product requires.

/ PRODUCTIZATION

From AI Demo to Manufacturable Home Hardware

Home products have to balance experience with practical constraints such as cost, thermal behavior, battery life, enclosure size, wireless performance, assembly, testing and certification. Those trade-offs need to be resolved before scale.

/ PRODUCTION

Build for Repeatable Consumer Hardware Production

DFM / DFA

Design for manufacturing and assembly.

BOM Optimization

Balance performance, availability, and cost.

Component Sourcing

Manage sourcing and supply-chain planning.

PCB / PCBA

Integrated production electronics.

Tooling & Assembly

Assembly planning and production setup.

Wireless / Functional Testing

Define test procedures and criteria.

QA / QC

Quality controls for pilot and production.

Packaging & Shipment

Packaging and shipment support.

/ FAQ

AI Companion & Home Robotics Hardware FAQs

Yes. The typical engagement keeps the customer's model, cloud service and application logic while GMIC develops or adapts the embedded hardware, firmware, connectivity and device interfaces around that software.

An app can remain entirely software-based. A companion robot or physical companion device adds microphones, speakers, sensors, compute, connectivity, power and embedded firmware so the AI can interact through a dedicated physical product.

Yes. Many products use a hybrid architecture in which latency-sensitive or privacy-sensitive functions run locally while larger models and heavier reasoning run in the cloud.

Yes. When speed matters, an existing hardware platform can be used for early validation. If the product proves demand, the architecture can move toward deeper customization and production-intent electronics.

The standard scope is embedded electronics, audio, sensing interfaces, connectivity, firmware, integration and manufacturing support. Motion systems should be scoped separately if required.

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Turn Your Companion AI Into a Physical Product

Tell us what the AI already does, how users should interact with the device and where it will operate. We can help define the embedded hardware path from prototype through production.

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