V1 sandbox · browser-only
Test the character before the bench.
Replay the planned behavior with virtual time and local-only state. This sandbox is intentionally not an electrical, RF, battery, touch, IMU, OTA, or enclosure test.
Comfort ritual
The sequence is touch → acknowledgement → affectionate purr → release → settling. Sensor lifecycle mapping remains a physical-device gate.
Interaction replay
The legacy petting event now begins the same bounded comfort ritual.
Virtual time
At 8 minutes idle MaxBot becomes drowsy; at 20 minutes it sleeps. Time alone does not lower trust.
Device conditions
Battery is a behavior model only; it is not a voltage or charging simulator.
Persistence
Reboot restores only the last explicit sandbox save, mirroring batched device persistence.
Deterministic scenarios
Repeat the expected V1 paths.
These are behavior-contract replays. Hardware acceptance remains in the physical test record.