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The trusted layerfrom system designto production.

KnowYi turns application requirements, incomplete files, and unfinished drawings into engineered, built, verified, and delivered industrial products.

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Watch a Build become a manufacturing decision.

Upload incomplete engineering material. KnowYi understands it, decides, executes and learns from the result.

Current Builds

5
  • Field controller enclosure

    KY-2047 · 2 decisions to review

  • AMR chassis bracket set

    KY-2041 · In production

  • Sensor harness, 12-way

    KY-2038 · Awaiting one input

  • Motor driver PCBA

    KY-2030 · Outcome validated

  • Gearbox housing, rev C

    KY-2024 · Reading files

Pending clarifications2

Customer input

4 FILES
controller-housing.step4.2 MB
C-104-enclosure.pdf820 KB
bom-rev-b.xlsx36 KB
install-notes.pdf1.1 MB
Quantity

250 units

Target delivery

2026-09-18

Evidence sources

18

Use case

Pole-mounted controller for outdoor field operation

96.060.0⌀16±0.02controller-housing.step

Processing

  • Reading files4 artifacts parsed
  • Extracting intentOutdoor field operation
  • Identifying design conditions6 conditions
  • Checking missing inputs1 unresolved
  • Connecting prior evidence3 similar Builds

What KnowYi understands

Reading

Engineering intent

An outdoor, pole-mounted controller that must survive weather exposure and stay serviceable in the field.

  • Application

    Pole-mounted field controller

  • Operating environment

    Outdoor, weather-exposed

  • Production volume

    250 units

  • Key functional requirement

    Serviceable without removing the mount

  • Detected design condition

    Cable entry is not sealed

  • Unresolved input

    Is the mount ever submerged?

Extracted design conditions

  • Cable entry is not sealed
  • Wall thickness 1.8 mm on a 96 mm face
  • Tight tolerance on a non-critical bore
  • Powder coat specified after machining

Incomplete design material becomes a structured Build context.

Manufacturing intelligence is already running in live customer Builds.

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MANUFACTURING REASONING PLATFORM

One continuously improving system for every Build.

KnowYi connects engineering intent, design conditions, manufacturing decisions and real production outcomes so the next similar Build starts with proven judgment.

Automatic intake

The moment a Build arrives, the system starts working.

Drawings, BOMs, requirements and a delivery target become engineering intent, design conditions and a named list of what is still missing.

Uploaded

controller-housing.step

Solid model

C-104-enclosure.pdf

Drawing

bom-rev-b.xlsx

Bill of materials

Delivery target

2026-09-18 · 250 units

Automatic intake
  • Read artifacts
  • Extract intent
  • Detect conditions
  • Check for gaps

Build context

Engineering intentExtracted
Design conditions6 found
Functional requirementExtracted
Missing information1 open
Rules + evidence

Decisions follow the product's real engineering constraints.

Deterministic rules, retrieved outcomes from similar Builds and model reasoning are composed into one decision with alternatives and impact.

Inputs

Engineering intent

Outdoor field operation

Design condition

Cable entry is not sealed

Evaluated by

Deterministic rule

Outdoor + unsealed entry → sealed gland

Similar-Build retrieval

3 validated · 1 contradicting

Model reasoning

Resolves the remaining ambiguity only

Composed decision

Recommendation

IP-rated sealed cable gland

Alternatives

3 considered, reasons recorded

Expected impact

+$4–7 · lead time flat · lower risk

Confidence derived by policy, not by the model

88% — rule match, evidence reliability and validated precedent

Risk detection

Find the failure mode before it becomes scrap or delay.

Tolerance conflicts, tool access, finishing distortion and unavailable components surface while the design can still change cheaply.

Evidence

Drawing conditions
BOM availability
Process capability
Prior outcomes
Risk before release

Peak at surface treatment · thin-wall distortion

Executable now

Relax the non-critical bore

Removes a second setup

Add fixture support

Controls thin-wall distortion

Substitute the long-lead part

Equivalent, in stock

Tolerance conflict and finishing distortion raised before release · inspection requirement added
Shared execution

Built for everyone accountable for the delivered hardware.

One Build, projected safely per role, so progress, risk, evidence and the next action stay the same for everyone.

Accountable for delivery

Build KY-2047 · same state, safe projection
Build progress

74%

Open risks

1

Delivery

On track

Next action · Confirm D-4411 so the run can complete

Internal cost and production-partner identity are not shown

From the first Build, AI starts understanding the customer.

Build summary

KY-2047
Uploaded package

controller-housing.step · C-104.pdf · bom-rev-b

Engineering intent

Outdoor field operation, serviceable in place

Production quantity

250 units

Delivery target

2026-09-18

Unresolved input

Is the mount ever submerged?

Engineering artifact

controller-housing.step
96.0 mm overall1.8 mm wall⌀16 cable entry±0.02 boreRev C
Rough machiningFinish machiningDeburrPowder coatInspection

Customer context

Design features

  • Machined aluminium housing
  • Bolted service lid
  • Pole-mount bracket

Functional intent

  • Weather-exposed operation
  • Field-serviceable lead
  • No shelter assumed

Process constraints

  • Coated after machining
  • Single-setup preference
  • 6061 availability

Quality requirements

  • Ingress verification
  • Dimensional report
  • Coating adhesion check
DFM decision

Use an IP-rated sealed cable gland

  • Cost / lead+$4–7 per unit · no material lead-time change
  • QualityAdd ingress verification to the inspection plan
  • EvidenceDrawing C-104 · installation notes · 3 validated Builds
  • LearningPrediction recorded — awaiting the production outcome
STEP 1 / 8

Uploaded package connectsSTEP, drawing and BOM attach to one Build.

One manufacturing reasoning system, adapted to each hardware team.

The reasoning stays the same. The design conditions, process evidence and inspection requirements change with the team.

CurrentRobotics|Mechanical parts · PCBA · Harnesses · Actuation · Final assembly
01

Engineering files

CAD, drawings, BOM, requirements

02

KnowYi understanding

Intent and design conditions

03

Manufacturing decisions

Evidence, alternatives, impact

Serviceability, harness routing and assembly sequence

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Executable Build package

Revision-controlled release

05

Production and QC evidence

Inspection and test records

  • Mechanical parts
  • PCBA
  • Harnesses
  • Actuation
  • Final assembly
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Delivered units

Accepted quantity and records

Assembly time and field-service findings return to the Build

Production outcome
Production outcome returns to the reasoning system

Validate or contradict the decision · update reusable logic · start the next similar Build ahead

Manufacturing intelligence built from real production work.

KnowYi's reasoning is shaped by delivered Builds — drawing reviews, manufacturability findings, inspection records and the production results that proved them right or wrong.

FIELD SAMPLE / 01Delivered industrial hardware operating in a production environment
Every delivered Build becomes evidence the next decision can rely on.
BUILD EVIDENCE TYPESATTACHED TO EVERY BUILD
ASSET PENDINGDrawing review

Marked-up drawing with extracted conditions

ASSET PENDINGDFM finding

Condition tied to the affected feature

ASSET PENDINGProduction setup

Fixture and setup record

ASSET PENDINGAOI / X-ray

Electronics inspection evidence

ASSET PENDINGDimensional inspection

Measured report against the drawing

ASSET PENDINGHarness inspection

Continuity and pinout verification

ASSET PENDINGFirst article

Approval before the run releases

ASSET PENDINGDelivery evidence

Accepted quantity and packing record

ASSET PENDINGProduction outcome

Result compared with the prediction

Selected customers and institutions

Raise Robotics
Audesse Automotive
University of Waterloo
Western University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Mandel Diagnostics
Aerial AvionicsAerial Avionics

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Velocity
MaRS
Waterloo RoboHub
AWS ActivateawsActivate

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