PA-D1
NodPal PA-D1 AI Desk Companion Dock
A desk AI office companion: a motorised dock that gives a phone a face, a voice and a neck — a base for custom development
An AI desk office companion reference design: a three-axis gimbal-motor base that holds a phone, follows a voice or a face, talks without a wake word, links to a PC for meeting notes, and doubles as a fast-charge expansion base. Adapted to your brand together with our R&D team.
Why it works
A phone that turns to face you
A motorised three-axis base turns the phone toward whoever is speaking and follows their face, so the screen face and the camera stay with you at the desk.
Talks without a wake word
Continuous conversation means you do not have to call it by name before every sentence, which is what makes a desk companion feel like a colleague rather than a command line.
Follows the voice
Sound-source tracking points the base at the speaker, and face tracking takes over once it sees them, so it works in a room with more than one person.
Meeting notes through a PC link
Linked to a computer, it listens to a meeting and turns it into notes, so the companion earns its place on the desk beyond conversation.
A fast-charge expansion base
The base carries USB-A and USB-C ports for fast charging and expansion, so the dock replaces a charger on the desk instead of adding one.
Branded app and cloud
Every project includes an owner app under your name — your logo, your colours, published from your developer account — and the cloud behind it.
Over-the-air updates
Firmware updates reach devices already in homes, rolled out in small batches first so a faulty build never reaches the whole fleet.
Specifications
Interaction
| Conversation | Continuous, without a wake word |
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| AI service | Chosen per market and per client |
| Screen face | On the phone, designed to your character |
Motion and tracking
| Base | Three-axis gimbal motor |
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| Tracking | Sound source and face |
Computer link
| Meeting notes | Linked to a PC |
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Power and ports
| Role | Fast-charge expansion base |
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| Ports | USB-A and USB-C |
What you can change
- Base shape, colours, materials and logo
- Screen character, expressions and voice
- Tracking behaviour: voice only, or voice and face
- Ports and charging power of the expansion base
- App branding, AI service and packaging
- ODM customisation of the whole design
Designed toward
- CE
- FCC
- RoHS
A reference design. We build it under your brand — colourway, logo, packaging and tuning are yours.
Request a Quote
Take the NodPal PA-D1 AI Desk Companion Dock to your brand
Tell us your target market, quantity and the certifications you need. You get a cost envelope and a schedule from an engineer, within one business day.