Ehrenstein: Dirac automatically generates 80% to 90% of assembly instructions
Philip Ehrenstein · Joby, Dirac & Allen Control: The Future of Air, AI Factories & Defense Tech · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Oct 5, 2025 · at 26:33
Philip Ehrenstein, CEO of Dirac, explains how the company's automated work instruction platform BuildOS processes 3D CAD models for manufacturing assembly lines.
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“So we'll take a CAD file or a three D model of an assembly as an input, figure out the assembly sequence automatically, and then automatically generate 80, 90% of the assembly instructions for that system that we're trying to assemble.”
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