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OpenV

OpenV is an open-source, verification-first hardware engineering pipeline built around one principle: AI-generated hardware is a hypothesis, not proof.

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Core trick

Pairs an LLM-proposed CAD design with independent geometry checks that invalidate dependent evidence and force a redesign loop.

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robotics/hardwaredev tools

Description

OpenV is an open-source, verification-first hardware engineering pipeline built around one principle: AI-generated hardware is a hypothesis, not proof. It connects a plain-English mission to requirements, an Astra-proposed design, CAD, independent verification and evidence-driven redesign. Dalus serves as the persistent engineering system of record through MCP. Our motor-glider example demonstrates a real failure-and-repair loop: geometry checks find the battery intersecting two servo mounts. Astra receives the evidence and moves the battery forward 3.6 mm. Seven dependent evidence records are invalidated, and fresh verification clears the collisions. The result includes an interactive STEP assembly, sourced components, simulation visualizations and a manufacturing candidate package. Sixteen modeled checks pass; eight requirements remain explicitly UNKNOWN, including physical flight. Built today: the OpenV pipeline, Dalus MCP adapter, verification/redesign loop and interactive browser experience. Live demo: https://openv-kohl.vercel.app/?run=run-365c68904f40
sebastianvkl/OpenV★ 90 forksPythonMITCreated Sep 8, 2026 · last push Sep 9, 2026

README excerpt

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### AI-generated hardware is a hypothesis.

**Astra proposes. Tools execute. Evidence decides.**

An open-source engineering pipeline that turns a hardware mission into a design, challenges it with independent tools, and uses the failure evidence to drive redesign.

[**Explore the demo ↗**](https://openv-kohl.vercel.app) · [Watch a recorded demo](https://openv-kohl.vercel.app/demo/openv-submission.mp4) · [Get started](docs/GETTING_STARTED.md) · [Documentation](docs/README.md)

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/application-MIT-18344e?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
![Python 3.12](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.12-18344e?style=flat-square)
![React + Three.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/viewer-React_%2B_Three.js-18344e?style=flat-square)
[![Dalus MCP](https://img.shields.io/badge/engineering_record-Dalus_MCP-18344e?style=flat-square)](docs/GETTING_STARTED.md#connect-dalus-through-mcp)

[![OpenV showing the real 45-part aircraft candidate and its scoped verification results](web/public/images/hero.webp)](https://openv-kohl.vercel.app/?run=run-365c68904f40)

*Actual application capture. 16 modeled checks pass; 8 requirements remain UNKNOWN. Physical flight is not verified.*

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## The problem

AI can produce a convincing CAD model without proving that it fits, survives its loads, can be assembled, or meets the mission. OpenV closes that gap with an explicit engineeri

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