MachineCopilot · Physical AI by TECHTORY
The autonomous machine assistant. Local AI for machinery and production.
MachineCopilot brings AI right to your equipment: in automation systems, at production machines or as a maintenance assistant. Your team asks by voice or touch, and the machine answers from the manual, fault history and live data, always with a source. The AI runs locally in your plant, without a cloud connection.
Or reach us directly: +49 7805 9589-0·info@techtory.de
The problem
The most expensive part of downtime is the search.
Whoever fixes a fault spends most of the time not with a spanner but searching: leafing through the manual, hunting for the fault list on a network drive, calling the colleague who had the same problem before. The knowledge that would shorten the search exists. It is just spread across three places that never meet.
Knowledge is scattered
Operating manual, wiring diagrams, spare parts lists: as PDFs on a network drive or in a binder at the control cabinet. Alarm history and operating data sit in the controller.
Knowledge retires
The setter who knows why a program runs at 80 % override will not be there forever. What was never written down leaves with them.
The expert is not there
Saturday, 2:30 a.m. The line is down, the expert is off, and the manufacturer’s support is not available until Monday.
Capabilities
What can AI do in your production?
TECHTORY AI develops data-driven and AI-based functions for machines and production processes, as an extension of industrial production systems. At its core is the autonomous machine assistant: for automation systems, at production machines or as a maintenance assistant.
- AI machine assistantMachine knowledge accessible by voice, right at the equipment.
- Anomaly detectionDetect deviations in machine and process behaviour early.
- Process optimisationImprove processes based on real machine and production data.
- Production data analysisEvaluate controller and operating data and make it understandable.
- Camera-based quality assuranceRecognise, measure and inspect parts by camera.
- Multilingual interactionQuestions and answers in your team’s language.
- Solutions without cloud dependencyThe AI runs locally in the plant, your data stays with you.
What MachineCopilot can do
See. Understand. Analyze. Act.
We bring AI to where your value is created: to the machine. Not as a promise for the future, but as a working system with four capabilities that build on each other.
Running on our own machines
Understand: ask your machine
Everything known about the machine becomes accessible by voice: manuals, fault history, operating information and live data from the controller. Every answer cites its source, down to the page in the manual.
„What does this alarm mean, and what do I do first?“
Running on our own machines
Analyze: causes instead of error codes
The system combines machine status, process data and hands-on experience and names the probable cause of a fault, with its reasoning. The maintenance technician makes the decision.
„Axis 2 reports a following error, but only in rapid traverse. Mechanics or drive?“
Shown live: aaa Zurich 2026
See: recognise objects without teaching
The machine captures its surroundings by camera, identifies objects and their position and passes the data straight to the robot or controller.
Picking without teaching in the Vision AI cell.
Next stage
Act: operation on voice command
Selected functions are operated by voice command, based on a tested and approved command catalogue. The AI does not improvise; emergency stop and safety circuits remain in the safety system.
„Open the drawers.“
Your benefit
Results that reach the shop floor
In the end, what counts is not the technology but the result at the machine.
Maintenance and service
- Get to the cause faster: manual, history and current alarm in one answer.
- Spare part number and wiring diagram reference in seconds instead of leafing through binders.
- Maintenance log by voice, hands stay on the tool.
Production
- Shorter downtime on night and weekend shifts.
- New operators get up to speed faster: they ask the machine instead of the setter.
- Guided changeovers from the setup sheet, no matter who is on shift.
Management and machine builders
- Hands-on experience stays in the company, even through retirement and staff turnover.
- Data and process know-how never leave the plant.
- A predictable start: a pilot with fixed scope, fixed price and measurable goals.
Where is the benefit greatest on your machine? Let us find out →
Proof
Shown, not just described
There are enough AI promises. That is why we show what works and say openly what is still the next stage.
Live at all about automation Zurich 2026
At booth G38 our Vision AI cell ran non-stop for two days. In the Talk Lounge, the presentation „The autonomous machine assistant“ showed the concrete fields of application.
Use case: Vision AI cell
Recognise, measure and pick arbitrary objects without teaching and without fixed fixtures. The entire AI runs locally in the cell. The interactive view explains the cell station by station.
By machine builders, for machine builders
We are not a software house that has discovered industry. TECHTORY has been building machines and automation solutions for more than 30 years, with 140+ employees in Appenweier, Germany. The machine assistant runs on our own equipment before it comes to you.
„We don’t know machines from slides. We build them ourselves.“
Edge AI
Why does the AI run locally and not in the cloud?
Because drawings, process parameters and fault histories are trade secrets. MachineCopilot runs on a compact edge unit right at or next to the machine. No external data connection is required.
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Data sovereignty
Your production and machine data never leave the plant. Auditable for IT security and data protection.
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No cloud approval
The edge unit sits on the machine network, not on the internet. There is no cloud connection your IT would have to approve.
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Available when the fault occurs
Response time does not depend on the internet. Even on Saturday at 2:30 a.m.
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The PLC stays the PLC
The assistant reads controller data, it does not write to the controller. Emergency stop, safety circuits and real-time control remain in the certified safety system.
TECHTORY GROUP
Matching extensions
The machine assistant works best in a well-designed system. These services of the TECHTORY GROUP complement MachineCopilot, from automation to engineering.
AutomationAutomation systemsCustom systems for assembly, handling and testing.Learn more →
AutomationTest engineeringTest benches and test systems for traceable quality.Learn more →
AutomationPartially automated manual workstationsErgonomic assembly and test stations with partial automation.Learn more →
ServicesProject planning and designProject planning, mechanical and electrical design from a single source.Learn more →
MachineCopilot pilot
Your own pilot in 4–8 weeks
One machine family, a clearly defined use case, fixed scope and fixed price. At the end you know, based on agreed metrics, whether MachineCopilot pays off for you.
- Pilot consultation · 30 minutesWe work out which machine offers the greatest leverage. No obligation, with a live demo at your site on request.
- Weeks 1–2 · DefineOn-site workshop: choose the machine family and use case, collect documents, clarify interface and success metrics.
- Weeks 3–6 · Build and testEdge unit at the machine, documents loaded, controller data connected read-only, first questions from your team checked.
- Weeks 7–8 · Measure and decideUse in shift operation, evaluation of the metrics, recommendation for next steps.
Let’s talk about your machine
In the pilot consultation we work out where the machine assistant has the greatest leverage in your production. Concrete, honest and on equal terms.
Or reach us directly: +49 7805 9589-0·info@techtory.de
Fixed scope · fixed price · we usually reply within one working day
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MachineCopilot
Does our data leave the plant?
No. MachineCopilot runs locally on an edge unit in your plant. No cloud connection is required.
Does the AI interfere with our controller?
No. The assistant reads controller data via standard interfaces; it does not write to the controller. The safety system remains untouched.
Does it work on older machines?
Yes. MachineCopilot is vendor-neutral and can be retrofitted. Which data your controller provides is clarified in the pilot.