Portable sensing. Practical guidance. Shaped by the people doing the work.
Meet the prototypeA working AI guide to the kit, its controls, and what could come next.
KITT began with a practical question: what can an engine’s exhaust and sound tell us? The prototype captures gas-sensor readings and acoustic snapshots for investigation.
Army maintainers first. Two possible Blue Ridge directions to explore alongside them.
Army field evaluation
Reintroduce the improved kit through an approved evaluation. Put it in a maintainer’s hands and learn what makes the next job easier.
Pick one unit and one repeatable collection task. Note setup friction, unclear controls and whether the recording is useful. Bring those observations back to the builder before adding features.
Blue Ridge PLC concept
A Milwaukee toolbox with diagnostic tools and an AI guide, handed to the onsite PLC technician. A drone could eventually handle the last leg.
Start with a friendly customer, ordinary delivery and a qualified technician. Prove the support workflow first. Then evaluate payload, flight permissions and whether drone delivery actually helps.
Blue Ridge bearing concept
Matched bearings, suitable tools and equipment-specific coaching for maintenance teams handling appropriate repairs themselves.
Select one suitable repair with Blue Ridge. Confirm the equipment, bearing, tools and approved procedure. Let a qualified customer technician try the kit and record where guidance or shop support is still needed.
PLC and bearing kits are concepts. This prototype does not autonomously diagnose engines, program controllers or authorize repairs.
The most valuable upgrade may be a clearer button, a simpler step, or an idea we haven’t heard yet.
If you have field experience with KITT, tell us what you tried, where you got stuck, and what would make you reach for it again.
Email field feedback Opens an email draft for you to review and send.KITT’s guide uses curated project facts from development correspondence and the supplied prototype photographs. The complete current manual was not available, so it will ask for missing details rather than invent operating steps.
[prototype] What KITT records. Current project description and inventor’s August 2026 clarification: gas-sensor readings and acoustic snapshots.
[controls] Prototype controls. January 2024 update and supplied photographs. Controls and specifications describe that revision.
[development] Development notes. August 2023 test report, January 2024 prototype update and 2026 file-transfer correspondence. These do not establish diagnostic accuracy or certification.
[army] Army field evaluation. The current proposed evaluation and feedback plan. No Army endorsement or new contract is implied.
[oil] Oil-sampling concept. An October 2026 proposal for discussion, not an installed capability.
[industrial] Blue Ridge concepts. Proposed PLC-support and bearing-assistance kits. Visit Blue Ridge Electric Service.
[assistant] This website. A browser-based OpenAI guide using supplied context, not a specially trained or onboard model. It has no hardware connection.
Chats pass through Vercel and OpenAI. This app does not write conversations to its own database or send them to the inventor. Avoid entering sensitive military, customer or controller information. Use the feedback email when you choose to share an observation.