TyRex Unveils AM-Based AI Tool, Cosmic InquirySM AND Three (3) Voyager Exploring the AM Universe For Unique Manufacturing and 3D Printed Product Ideas
There’s no question about the popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It seems like no matter where you turn, AI is the hot topic of discussion. Industries like Additive Manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing (3DP) are no exceptions to this phenomenon. As a 30-year innovative electronics manufacturer dedicated to continuing our pursuit of technology, TyRex has begun constructing its own AI tool that harnesses the power of machine learning to add to the expansive potential that 3D printing offers. We’re calling it TyRex’s AI Data Box, the Cosmic InquirySM!
Introducing Cosmic InquirySM
The journey to get to this announcement has come in three stages for the TyRex Business Family of Entities and Associates.
The TyRex AI Data Box Team includes Tom Gram, Tim Johnson and Tim Ma.
Stage 1
Building a structured, secure and sanitized Data Box (patent pending) currently with over 200,000 and on our way to the totality data universe of product ideas passing through 500,000 potential manufacturable product idea pieces leveraging 3D printing. As these product concepts combine with each other, new ones are identified and new unique possibilities are introduced to the manufacturing marketplace through this Voyager technology. Currently, these unique product ideas cover over sixty (60) NAICS manufacturing industry categories.
Stage 2
The TyRex Family developed several connecting AM/3DP/Aided-by-AI programs, once described by TyRex Executive VP of Finance Kevin Alwell as “Voyagers traveling through the AM Universe.” Currently, Voyager programs either completed or under development include:
- Voyager 0: Cosmic InquirySM Training Only.
- Voyager 1: Extraction – users seek out something specific i.e. by NAICS category, sub-category and sub-sub-category to source a new product idea for their manufacturing business.
- Voyager 2: Exploration – users utilize AI chat inside our AI Data Box to browse ideas in a certain manufacturing industry or application.
- Voyager 3: Problem Solving (under development) – users leverage Cosmic InquirySM to solve a specific current manufacturing problem with a Voyager-sourced product idea inquiry.
Stage 3
The future of the TyRex Business Family is not to simply 3D print manufacturable product ideas, but to become the continuous, long-term strategic product development partner to manufacturing industry interests in all sixty (60) plus industry categories or galaxies of product ideas.
Voyager 1 works as a ‘smart filter,’ while Voyager 2 operates as more of an interactive guide. Users begin the product idea extraction by specifying an industry category – for example, a user can select Automotive as a top-level category. Once a category is selected, a sub-category and a sub-sub-category can be defined to better pinpoint 3DP projects that are most relevant to the user. Once the category fields have been entered, the Cosmic InquirySM platform will suggest the top 10 new product ideas that are deemed by AI to be most relevant to the search, and that are most likely to succeed as a new product idea. AI even suggests the technical success probability of the selected product idea. The program will also provide a short analysis highlighting the reasons why a product idea is likely or unlikely to succeed.
If Automotive was the top-level category, ‘Electric Vehicles’ and ‘Cable Housing’ could be used as the sub and sub-sub-categories. From the generated list of results, users can view one product idea to read more about the product, how it can be used and an AI-generated image or diagram of what the product might look like.
Voyager 2 includes usage of the AI Agent or assistant who can field questions and more directly get users to a new product idea that best suits their interests. In addition to broadening new product possibilities and producing more finely-tuned results, this program allows for product ideas with even faster iterations. At this STAGE 3, users take their new product idea development further by TyRex’s Saber Data providing options to find new materials, the appropriate 3D printer and the best 3D design software for the job, called First Investigation.
Stage 4
Connects product ideas with additive manufacturing experts from around the world who can individually or collectively turn a product idea concept into a fully-researched new product idea reality.
Stage 5
A new product’s formal research is completed, and TyRex uses additional AI software to conduct the 3D print production optimization print time on new product idea process selections through the product’s prototyping to post processing, ending with 3D printing production finalization. The 3D printing optimization process is to reduce manufacturing time and cost while improving product quality.
Stage 6
At the final stage, TyRex is working on finalizing the production option to remotely print and monitor the 3D printing production of the new product idea at a strategic partner’s facility!
Conclusion
At TyRex, we call this entire process “Evolutionary ManufacturingSM”, which requires not just out-of-the-box thinking, but a new and comprehensive ‘iMindSETSM’ –
which means the manufacturers best prepared for the future are iMind THINKINGSM in an entirely new technology thinking box altogether.
Interested in learning more about Cosmic InquirySM and how TyRex is advancing its own businesses with Industry 4.0 technologies?
Reach out today for a facility tour and see AI, 3D printing, Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), renewable materials science and more in action here at TyRex!
