Companion systems consist of a multitude of functional units, whose tasks range from collecting, classifying, fusing and interpreting diverse situational and user parameters, over implementing various forms of human computer interaction, to realizing higher cognitive abilities such as planning and decision making.

To combine these units to an overall functionality in a well-defined manner adapted to the current application, architecture concepts are being developed in this reseach project. Beyond that, an experimentation platform for creating and evaluating such systems will emerge.

For this purpose, the components of a Companion system are integrated to form partial demonstrators, first, to evaluate their functionality using different scenarios.