Rapid Prototyping
3D printing from concept sketch to finished part. Ready-made prints in the shop, or send us your idea and we'll print it.
- Code
- RP-01
- Discipline
- Additive
- Materials
- PLA · TPU
Creating a new KIND of tomorrow
An independent maker collective: 3D printing, websites and apps through Studio 212, robotics, and the Squirrel Works R&D lab. Engineered in-house, owned by the people who build it.
04Divisions
01Makers
01Shared shop
∞Ideas on the bench
01// Divisions
Four divisions. One shop.
Every division shares the same tools and the same workspace, under one rule: whoever builds it owns it.
Studio 212
Websites and apps for small businesses, makers, and creators. Designed, built, and launched by people who answer their own email.
- Code
- S-212
- Discipline
- Web · App
- Output
- Launches
Squirrel Works
Our research & development division: AI assistants, companion robotics, and the experiments that become tomorrow's products. Home of KD-X.
- Code
- SW-01
- Discipline
- R&D
- Output
- Prototypes
KIR Robotics
Korns Industries Robotics: mechanical design, motion control, and embedded electronics. Where prototypes become machines that walk, roll, and respond.
- Code
- KIR-01
- Discipline
- Mechatronics
- Output
- Robots
02// R&D · On the bench
KD-X: learning to
read the room.
KD-X runs the Empathetic Response Protocol. It combines facial expression, tone of voice, and the content of speech to estimate how someone is feeling, then chooses an appropriate response. The goal is a companion, closer to a loyal dog than a chatbot.
- InputsFace · emotion · voice tone · speech content
- ModelA master model mapping emotional state to response
- Form factorCompanion robot, fabricated in-house
- Field scenarioIt notices the car was just asked for directions to ice cream, and responds accordingly.
Project briefKD-X
How it works
01SenseFace, voice, and words
02UnderstandEstimate emotional state
03RespondChoose the right reaction
Hardware
A legged companion chassis, 3D-printed in-house in PLA and flexible TPU, with roll motors, a sculpted head, and an onboard speaker.
Divisions involved
- Squirrel WorksResearch & AI
- KIR RoboticsMotion & electronics
- Rapid PrototypingFabrication
03// Join the collective
A makerspace, run like a co-op.
Korns Industries gives independent builders the resources to succeed, without asking them to give up their work in exchange.
01
Bring the project
Your idea, your client, your name on it. We provide the place for it to happen.
02
Use the shop
Printers, the robotics bench, and shared tools and compute, available wherever you work.
03
Keep ownership
You own what you build. A share flows back to cover the overhead that keeps the lights on.
Ready for a bench?
Joining is by invitation. Start with an email, and tell us what you build.