Russia Develops an Autonomous Home Automation System
A new offline smart‑home assistant built in Novosibirsk shows how fully autonomous, privacy‑preserving AI systems may change the way people interact with home technologies — without sending a single byte of data to the cloud.
‘Kuzya’: A Smart Home Assistant That Works Without the Internet
A prototype of a fully autonomous smart‑home voice assistant called Komandor — affectionately nicknamed “Kuzya” after a popular animated character — has been developed at Novosibirsk State University (NSU). Created by master's student Akhsan Shakur in collaboration with NSU’s AI Center, the system operates without any internet connection or cloud‑based processing. All data is handled locally, significantly reducing the risk of leakage to third parties.
Kuzya runs on three AI models: speech recognition, semantic analysis, and voice synthesis.
A major advantage of the system, he notes, is its adaptability to different noise conditions and its ability to scale with new features.
A Secure System for Homes and High‑Security Organizations
Kuzya can already switch household appliances on and off via smart sockets, trigger light signals, respond to simple prompts, and even tell jokes. The system is suitable not only for private homes but also for institutions where any data transfer outside the perimeter is unacceptable — banks, organizations handling sensitive information, and closed corporate environments.
The core vision of the project is to make smart‑home technologies both convenient and secure. Developers plan to integrate Kuzya with a full‑scale home automation system, and the current prototype already demonstrates the potential of a new generation of local, privacy‑focused voice interfaces.
