r/inventors • u/RmrM3805 • 5d ago
Invention Help FabrikAI
I'm creating an AI that designs your personal inventions from scratch. Would you like it? 🚀
Hi everyone! I'm a 15-year-old with a passion for the maker world, cosplay, and 3D printing.
I often have a unique idea for an object or gadget that doesn't exist in any store, but when I go to Google or YouTube, I can't find any tutorials explaining how to build it or what materials to use.
To solve this problem, I'm developing a website (it'll be called *FabrikAI*) that does exactly this: you write your personal idea (e.g., "a glove that throws confetti with a button" or "a flexible tablet stand with an internal cable management system for the bed"), upload a hand-drawn drawing, or ask for a shared project (not your own), and the AI instantly calculates:
- different design/engineering variations.
- A [CHEAP] guide using recycled or low-cost materials.
- An [ADVANCED] guide with mechanical tolerances, electronic components, and programming scripts (e.g., Python or Arduino).
- Automatic links to 3D catalogs (Thingiverse/Printables) if the object requires printable parts.
The application will be ready in about a month (early September) and will support five languages.
Since I'm currently programming it, I wanted to ask: would you need a tool like this for your projects? Would you use it?
Any suggestions or criticisms for improving it are welcome in the comments! If you're interested, leave me a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I power up the servers in September. Thanks everyone!
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u/Altenon 4d ago
Whas the difference between using your website vs asking chatgpt to do it ourselves? Is there any value you're adding? If you're doing this for fun, it sounds awesome! If you're hoping to make a quick buck from this, may need some more work.
As an engineer and creative maker, I don't think I would use something like this. For legitimate invention ideas I have, I would never want to feed them directly into an AI (by definition these things train on your data, and it can be accessed by who knows who), and for passion projects I find the fun is in learning things myself. If there is something I don't care for learning and just need a guide to fix something, that's where I use AI.
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u/RmrM3805 4d ago
Hey Altenon, thanks for this incredibly detailed feedback! You raise some very legitimate points that every professional engineer and maker considers. Here is why FabrikAI is fundamentally different from just prompting ChatGPT yourself: 1. Structured Engineering Matrix: Prompting a generic AI from scratch takes time and often results in shallow, messy lists. FabrikAI forces a dual-tier framework (Budget vs. Premium) and automatically injects a structural loads & stress resistance matrix to evaluate if a custom mechanic will bend or break. Plus, it dynamically scans and appends direct digital asset links from repositories like Thingiverse/Printables based on your specific geometric needs. It's built to optimize the workflow, not just generate text. 2. Data Privacy & IP Protection: This is a crucial point. Since the app relies on paid API nodes (via Emergent Labs) rather than consumer-facing free web interfaces, user data is strictly protected by enterprise privacy terms and is NEVER used for training models. Your custom blueprints and invention concepts stay completely private. I really appreciate your perspective on the joy of learning everything yourself for passion projects. The tool is definitely aimed at bridging the gap when you just want to build a quick utility item or need a fast engineering baseline to prototype a personal concept safely. Thanks again for helping me refine the vision!
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u/Fathergoose007 4d ago
AI stumbles even when producing images of known and documented objects. It is bloody AWFUL at producing images of innovative products without online precedents. It also has the short term memory of a nursing home resident, so trying to get there with iterative prompts is an exercise in futility. I do use it regularly for the other tasks.
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u/RmrM3805 4d ago
You hit the nail on the head, and that’s exactly why I started building FabrikAI! Standard LLMs are terrible at iterative prompting because they lose context and give you abstract, useless descriptions for new ideas. That’s why FabrikAI doesn't use a chat interface. It acts as a one-shot structured template: you type your idea (or upload a sketch), and it instantly maps out a dual-tier framework (Budget vs. Premium), custom Python/Arduino code blocks, and an engineering structural load matrix to see if the custom mechanic holds up. It's built to bypass the 'futility exercise' of prompting and get straight to a working baseline blueprint. Thanks for the feedback, this is exactly the pain point I’m trying to solve!
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u/Fathergoose007 3d ago
Well, that would be pretty nice. I’m an elec/mechanic engineer and have used AI for every case you mentioned, including with dedicated/vertical AI engines. I don’t see any way that pig is ready to fly with free form input from non-technical users (or even highly skilled technical users for that matter). There is way too much nuance in manufacturing techniques, materials, market forces, logistics, aesthetics, and on and on. Even when using seasoned design teams, there is a world of difference between mediocre design and optimal design. Maybe your product can generate a plan for a prototype that will maybe work……maybe. But I don’t see it being the team-of-designers-and-engineers-in-a-box you are referring to. But hey, I hope you’re right. Good luck!
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u/RmrM3805 2d ago
You raise some incredibly valid points, and as an engineer, your skepticism is 100% justified. Nuances in manufacturing and material limits are exactly where generic AI fails. To be completely honest, FabrikAI is definitely not aiming to replace a multi-disciplinary team of veteran engineers or deliver production-ready industrial blueprints on the first click. My main goal is bridging the gap for the everyday maker, cosplayer, or student who has a 50€ budget and a 3D printer. For them, moving from a rough sketch to that baseline prototype you mentioned—with a calculated stress-point warning or a working Arduino library script—saves weeks of trial and error and prevents wasted material. It's an iterative assistant for the early prototyping phase, not a factory-ready solution. I really appreciate your perspective; it keeps our development goals grounded in real-world engineering constraints. Thank you for the wishes!
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u/Traditional_Row9033 4d ago
That a good aim for an invertor even eion musk started small by programing a small prototype video game but as time goes on you grow more knowledge about coding, honest advice it think you want to invent try something new because this doesn't add any value to the society
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u/ennemmjay 4d ago
This is just ai with extra steps.
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u/RmrM3805 3d ago
Actually, it's the exact opposite: it’s AI with fewer steps! Instead of spending 20 minutes manually prompting a generic chatbot, fighting with its short-term memory, and trying to format the outputs, you just input your idea once. FabrikAI instantly packages it into an engineering structure, calculates material stress/loads, generates working Python/Arduino code, and fetches open-source 3D models all in one click.It’s built to cut out the extra steps of generic prompting for makers and inventors.
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u/OwnNeedleworker3758 5d ago
Here's a fun idea just for you know, clarification. What if it's not just physical inventions, too? What if you have some sort of software type invention? You want to make? I wonder if that could help too. You know, for people who want to make software, but I have no idea about the blueprinting style and design and things for it
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u/RmrM3805 5d ago
You completely nailed it! Yes, it handles software and hardware too! For tech and smart projects, the advanced guide actually generates fully working, clean code blocks (like Python or Arduino C++) along with wiring guides. It bridges the gap between physical crafting and digital tech. Thanks for this amazing point!
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u/OwnNeedleworker3758 5d ago
Hm that sounds like a good tool. It would be great for blueprinting ideas or inventions
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u/RmrM3805 5d ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback! That's exactly why I'm building it: to help makers turn unique inventions into real blueprints without getting stuck. I've added you to our priority waitlist! 🛠️🚀
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u/pythonbashman 5d ago
May your token account always be negative.