Physical AI for high-mix manufacturing
Every new part takes 5 engineer-days to automate.
AiKit does it in 5 minutes.
One demonstration. No robot code. CAD-grounded industrial execution on the arm you already own.
1
human demonstration
0
lines of robot code
~5 min
demo to production task, clocked
60 min
to retrofit an existing arm
Ecosystem
NVIDIA Inception program member
FANUC and ROS 2
Supported arms at launch
IDT Solution
First certified integrator, US and EU
Technical University of Munich
Research collaboration and industrial PhD
NTT Data
Partner
Insight
Do not imitate the motion. Compile the task.
The operator is not the program. The change in the world is. Foundation-model robotics collects thousands of teleoperated demonstrations and trains a policy per task. AiKit watches one demonstration, extracts what changed, and compiles an explicit robot program.
01 Observe
Human demonstration
The operator builds one assembly in front of the 3D camera. Human motion is not copied.
02 Extract
Object-state changes
Grasped, rotated, aligned, placed, verified. Relative 6D poses, approach directions and manipulation primitives are inferred from CAD and vision.
03 Compile
Explicit robot task graph
Inspectable, verifiable, recoverable. Trajectories are regenerated at run time inside a constrained feasible space, so the cell keeps optimizing while it runs.
How it works
From CAD file to running cell in three phases.
Phase 1
Knowledge ingestion
Upload your CAD, STL or OBJ files. AiKit parses the geometry and assigns material textures for robust recognition in variable lighting.
Phase 2
One-shot demonstration
Place the real parts on the work surface and build one target assembly in front of the camera. The robot observes and learns spatial relationships and assembly logic in real time.
Phase 3
Autonomous execution
AiKit takes over: it localizes parts in 3D regardless of rotation or position, plans collision-aware trajectories, and handles real-world variation inside the calibrated zone.
Physics informed AI process optimization.
Retrofit in 60 minutes. No code.
1 Mechanical
Bolt on the camera and gripper.
2 Electrical
Plug robot and camera into the compute unit.
3 Software
Load the local web interface.
Result
No PLC rewrites. No ROS integration. No external integrator bill. You keep your safety lines and layout; we upgrade the brain.
Transfer
The same task graph survives a new pose, robot, gripper or factory.
New part pose
Parts are localized in 3D regardless of rotation or position.
New fixture
Relative geometry is what is stored, not absolute coordinates.
Different robot
Trajectories are regenerated for the arm that is actually there.
Different gripper
Grasps are re-proposed for the end effector in use.
Transferability is the product. Scope today: CAD-known, shape-stable parts, from rigid industrial components to moderately compliant objects. Fabric, loose cables and highly deformable items are out of scope by design. We narrow the problem to win the factory.
The product
AiKit: a complete retrofit package for one industrial arm.
AiKit is not just software. It is a shippable, self-contained kit: mount it on an existing arm and you have a capable AI assembly cell without a custom engineering project.
What is in the box
- 3D camera, factory-grade perception and calibration
- Gripper and robot interface
- Compute unit running the compiler and execution layer
- Cabling and supports
Operator-first interface
- Assembly Manager: drag and drop CAD models and define recipes
- Dashboard: real-time cell status and diagnostics
- Visual logging: replay failures visually to tune the process without reading code logs
Compatibility
Universal Robots (ROS 2) and FANUC arms at launch. More brands planned. Contact us to prioritize your robots.
Where it starts
Built for the handling work that never got automated.
Machine-output handling
Pick parts from machine output, reorient and place them on the next station or into a tray, and re-task the cell when the part changes.
Kitting and tray loading
Compose kits and load trays from mixed supply, with parts localized in 3D on every cycle.
End-of-line and intra-cell flow
Move parts between operations inside the cell and at the end of the line, including simple rigid-part assembly steps.
Robotics as a service
Automation as an operating expense, not a capital project.
AiKit subscription
$10,000 per year in the US. €10,000 per year in the EU.
- Hardware included: camera, edge computing and gripper
- Over-the-air updates to the Cognivix neural stack
- Remote setup help, troubleshooting and tuning
- Full hardware replacement for normal industrial wear
Does it pay for itself?
Replace weeks of custom engineering with a single subscription. If the robot saves you three hours of manual labor per week, the system pays for itself. Everything else is margin.
Deployed and supported by certified integrators in the US and EU, starting with IDT Solution.
Latest
Press release · July 2026
IDT Solution becomes first certified systems integrator for AiKit in the US and EU
Partnership pairs single-demonstration robot teaching with open-stack mechatronic cells for high-mix manufacturing.
Publications
Built on peer-reviewed research
The task compiler grows out of published work by the founding team with the Technical University of Munich and UC Berkeley.
Five days to five minutes.
See AiKit compile a task from a single demonstration, on your parts.
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