The Hillcrest Intelligent Home is the core of the Baccous Living Lab—a real-world environment where automation, environmental design, electrification behavior, and robotics interaction are tested in everyday living conditions.

It is the flagship site for Neural Athlete™, Smart Asset OS™, and early-stage Baccous Intelligence™ pattern learning.

Purpose

To understand how intelligent environments influence clarity, comfort, daily rhythm, and human performance—while developing a foundation for local AI and future robotics.

Systems Deployed

Smart Asset OS™ Integration

• Smart lighting routines

• Automated comfort adjustments

• Motion-based environmental cues

• Smart locks

• Environmental sensing

• Outdoor lighting on sunrise/sunset timers

• Wi-Fi, optimized for multi-device traffic

Comfort & Environmental Intelligence

• Smart thermostat routines

• Targeted comfort zones

• Dual HVAC

• Automated lighting for morning/evening transitions

Robotics Fleet

• Combo robot (vacuum + mop) actively mapped

• Robot vacuum

• Robot mop

• Robotics-friendly floor flows

• Charging stations optimized for low-friction access

• Navigation behavior logging (observation-based)

Outdoor Environmental Wellness

• Front + back yard automation

• Grounding zones

• Micro-movement–friendly layouts

• Sunrise/sunset exterior lighting

• Sensory restoration pathways

Research Focus

1. Environmental Comfort Patterns

How temperature, lighting, airflow, and movement pathways affect clarity, focus, and daily rhythm.

2. Automation Behavior in Daily Living

Lighting, comfort, and small routines aligned to circadian flow.

3. Robotics Navigation + Efficiency

Which floorplans, surfaces, and patterns create frictionless movement.

4. Environmental Wellness Design

Outdoor-influenced calm, micro-movement prompts, grounding elements.

5. Local AI Foundations (Baccous Intelligence™)

Early collection of environmental signatures:

• temperature variation

• occupancy patterns

• lighting behavior

• robotics cycles

Early Insights

• Multi-room lighting automation improves morning clarity and evening calm.

• Robotic navigation efficiency increases when charging stations are positioned centrally rather than in corners.

• Exterior sunrise/sunset automation stabilizes household rhythm.

• Environmental “quiet zones” support focus and mental clarity.

• Comfort stability is strongly influenced by door-opening patterns and humidity behavior.

Roadmap

• micro-edge compute installation

• block-level environmental sensing (Phase 2)

• robotics collaboration between homes

• local AI forecasting

• expanded Neural Athlete™ environmental research