NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New PhragFinder model (beta) –Designed to accelerate site assessments and manage invasive plants effectively, PhragFinder automatically detects phragmites in drone imagery. With PhragFinder precise gelocation results, environmental professionals can rapidly assess large areas and feed PhragFinder results directly into sprayer drones for targeted treatment, transforming time-consuming manual processes into efficient workflows. Available now as a free beta release, we welcome user feedback to refine the model and enhance its capabilities for real-world applications.
• RoboFlat PDF Report Enhancements – RoboFlat v1.5 delivers key improvements to the PDF report output, directly addressing customer requests and reported issues. Key enhancements include updated Curvature image labeling and added measurement units to the Deviation image scale, resolved Project Details content display issues, and improved accuracy in Datum Height and Flatness Tolerance values.
• Updated SoundScanNX, v1.2 – This update expands SoundScanNX capabilities with richer data visibility and more precise acoustic measurements. Users can now view additional information about the model results directly from the BRYX interface, including LAeq, Peak Duration, and model confidence score. In addition, SoundScanNX results now generate calibrated acoustic amplitudes instead of digital sign measurements, delivering more accurate and industry-standard acoustic data.
• Expanded Data Processing Limit for Trial/Beta Users – To support broader model testing and improve the evaluation experience, the data processing limit for free trial and beta users has been increased from 1 to 5 GBs.
• Enhanced User Experience – Implemented a variety of visual design and layout changes to improve the user experience across multiple BRYX interface components.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Updated Sewer Pipeline Defect Detection model, v1.4 – Enhanced defect detection capabilities with expanded training data and improved accuracy for identifying broken pipes, circumferential cracks, deposits, fractures, root intrusion, and taps. This updated model delivers more reliable detection across defect categories, helping teams identify issues with greater confidence.
• New RoboClean version, v1.1 – RoboClean now supports customizable distance-from-scanner parameters when cleaning structured e57 files to allow for more targeted noise removal. In addition, a new intensity filter improves the overall quality and accuracy of RoboClean’s deliverables.
• Updated SoundScanNX, v1.1 – Added improved audio detection for mufflers, motorcycles, and trucks. This new version of SoundScanNX also generates additional sound characteristics about detections, including detection confidence level, Leq, and peak duration measurement, to provide more comprehensive acoustic analysis and greater insight into detection reliability.
• Enhanced User Experience – Improved the consistency of the model results and datasets table design across desktop and mobile.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Sewer Pipeline Defect Detection (v1.3) – New version of this model now detects sewer defects with higher accuracy, improving identification of cracks, fractures, roots, and taps, using an expanded training dataset.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Detection (v1.3.1) – This model was updated to remove person annotations from images and summary report output, targeting PPE equipment only for improved focus.
• Enhanced User Experience – Improved the consistency of the model results and datasets table design across desktop and mobile.
• Svelte 5 Performance Improvements – Migrated to Svelte 5 with updated Flowbite component libraries.
• New email notifications – Added email notifications to alert users when datasets are scheduled for archiving.
• Improved Pricing Page – Updated content to better highlight benefits of our BRYX licensing model.
• Enhanced RoboClean Model Details Page – Added clearer guidance on unstructured e57 input file requirements.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Dataset and Model Results Archiving – Introduced automated archiving of customer datasets and model results after one year to optimize active storage utilization.
• New Camera Angle Illustrations for Computer Vision Models – Added illustrations to the Model Details page for computer vision models, showing required camera positioning and angle specifications for optimal detection performance.
• Stripe Enhancements – Implemented .NET updates for Stripe to ensure access to the latest features, bug fixes, and security updates.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Sewer Pipeline Defect Detection (v1.2) – This new version of the model provides significantly improved accuracy in detecting critical defects, such as cracks (CC, CM), broken pipes (B), deposits (DAE, DAGS), and roots (RBJ, RMJ, RTJ).
• New Smart Sewer Repair Version – The report generated by the Smart Sewer Repair model now includes a “None” indicator when no recommendations are available.
• New User Tips – The Results page for model output now includes information icons to help users understand credit consumption for paid and free trial model runs.
• Updated Design – The RoboFlat Model Run Stepper user experience was streamlined for better user navigation to RoboClean results.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• RoboFlat Enhanced Visualization and Error Handling – A new release of RoboFlat (v1.4.2) introduces several improvements to the RoboFlat user experience, including improved error handling capabilities for edge cases where the curvature deviation values equal zero, and real-time, dynamic diagrams available from the user interface to allow for immediate visual confirmation of parameters.
• Improved File Upload Process – Files are now uploaded directly to a user’s fileshare, bypassing unnecessary pre-scanning operations for significantly improved performance.
• Updated SoundScanNX Material – Additional recommendations and marketing material are now available from the SoundScanNX catalog listing.
• Checkout Optimization – The auto-generation of invoices was removed to streamline the payment process. Users can continue to conveniently view and download their purchase receipts through their BRYX Account Management page.
• Design Enhancements – We continue to enhance the usability and design of our BRYX user interface as well as our model results.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Model Launch! SoundScanNX – This advanced machine learning model uses audio identification to distinguish traffic noise from non-traffic-related noise. Ideal for analyzing audio gathered for traffic noise impact studies, this model uses AI to eliminate time-consuming and error-prone manual review.
• Upgraded to Svelte 5 framework and Tailwind CSS v4 to take advantage of significant changes to both frameworks, including improved performance.
• Improved the visibility of the information icons next to RoboFlat and RoboClean parameter fields.
• Added a new system banner that will help proactively communicate upcoming schedule maintenance periods to BRYX users.
• Added a link to LinkedIn page on the RoboFlat Details page for quick access to RoboFlat social media news.
• Optimized the model catalog by reordering the model listings, prioritizing the most popular models.
• Streamlined the appearance on BRYX of annotated image results of all BRYX computer vision models.
• Added links to sell sheets for RoboClean, Sewer Defect Detection, and Smart Sewer Repair to the appropriate model details page.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Model Launch! RoboClean – A new, advanced solution to simplify and expedite the point cloud cleaning process is now available from the BRYX platform. RoboClean analyzes uncleaned scanned data and automatically removes any unwanted noise, outliers, and extraneous data points. Results include an LAS file with points classified as “ground” or “non-ground” for further verification/processing as well as a cleaned e57 file that can be submitted directly into RoboFlat for floor flatness/levelness testing.
• New Version of RoboFlat – RoboFlat 1.4 is now available with new starting point parameters. With this feature, RoboFlat users can specify a starting point for the grid, which allows testing points to be easily recreated.
• Updated Smart Sewer Repair model – The format of the model output has been enhanced to provide an optimized user experience.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Smart Sewer Repair model – A beta release of this model is now available for you to try out before its full release. Designed to optimize sewer pipeline assessments, this model uses a knowledge-based AI approach to automatically generate common recommendations for sewer pipeline repairs along with their associated costs.
• Updated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Detection, v 1.3 – A new version of this model was released, providing improved accuracy for boots, gloves, anchorage points, and self-retracting lifeline detection.
• Updated Sewer Defect Detection, v 1.1 - A new version of this model was released with new support for video processing. Now users can run still imagery as well as MP4 / M4V files through the model for sewer defect detection and analysis.
• Enhanced results –The Excel summary report that is generated by BRYX computer vision models, such as PPE Detection, Traffic Control Device Detection, Sewer Pipeline Defect Detection, and Asphalt Defect Detection, now includes a more optimized design and identifying information about the model run.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• RoboFlat, v 1.3.3 – A new version of RoboFlat was released, providing new support for obscured areas. With this latest update, areas on the floor in which testing was not completed due to lack of floor scan data are now clearly identified (outlined and hatched) in the DXF output file to alert the engineer/client.
• .NET upgrade – The BRYX API backend and .NET services have been upgraded to .NET 9 to take advantage of performance improvements, enhanced AI integration, and better cross-platform capabilities.
• Dapr 1.14 adoption – The latest release of the Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) framework was adopted to leverage several significant new features and improvements.
• Zoom controls – The BRYX image viewer now includes convenient zoom controls, allowing users to easily zoom in/out of and pan annotated images for a more flexible viewing experience.
• Enhanced content – The BRYX home page now includes a section on the BRYX Resource Center for easy access to the latest news. In addition, the Model Details page for each model now includes additional information about the model’s use case and machine learning category.

ISSUE FIXED

• RoboFlat – A decimal formatting issue in the Full Results Excel spreadsheet has been addressed to ensure that the Percent Outside of Allowed Limits (high and low) values are correct.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Asphalt Defect Detection model - A beta release of this model is now available for you to try out before its full release. Designed to optimize pavement condition assessments, this model is trained to automatically detect common defects in road imagery, such as alligator cracking, transverse cracking, longitudinal cracking, patching, and potholes. This public beta build is not feature complete so should be used for evaluation purposes only.
• New object detection tiling strategy - The SAHI Inference Slicer tiling strategy was implemented for all object detection models, providing significant improvement of detecting small objects, enhancing the user experience by outputting a single annotated image, and delivering increased recall and accuracy.
• Enhanced color contrast for annotations - Custom colors are now used on annotated results of all of BRYX object detection models to improve color contrast and align with accessibility standards.

ISSUE FIXED

• RoboFlat - Provided additional exceptional handling for uncleaned clouds that are run through RoboFlat.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Personalized Dashboard – Our new dashboard provides a personalized experience for logged-in users. With this new feature, BRYX users have centralized access to favorite models as well as information on their BRYX usage, including models currently running, provides quick access to favorite models as well as information on completed runs, data available, and number of datasets processed for a specific time period.
• New Add to Favorites feature – Each model displayed in the catalog has a new “Add to Favorites” feature that allows users to easily set their preferred models as favorites to be easily accessed from their dashboard.
• New Advanced RoboFlat Help for Parameters – Fields on the RoboFlat Enter Parameters page now include a clickable information icon (i) that presents users with extensive help and diagrams to explain its purpose/functionality.
• Performance Enhancements - User interface performance was optimized to support speedy loading and expanding large datasets (2500 images +).

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Updated PPE Detection Model – A new version of the PPE Detection model (v 1.2) is now available. This new version is better at detecting fall limiters, gloves, head gear, people, and safety vets.
• New blog – The BRYX Blog is now available, providing important and timely articles on a variety of topics in our industry, including new engineering and construction technology, AI trends, and other rapid advancements.
• New Bulk Download for Model Results – Users of our object detection models, including PPE Detection, Traffic Control Device Detection, Power Pole Equipment Detection and Sewer Pipeline Defect Detection, can now download all annotated image results from the BRYX Results page.
• Enhanced User Experience for Model Results – Our Model Run Results page was redesigned to provide a standard experience for all users, regardless of device/screen size.
• Additional Help for RoboFlat parameters – Hover text has been added for each RoboFlat parameter, allowing users to easily access detailed help information when setting up their tests.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New insight into model run activity – You can easily check on past model run operations from your Accounts Management page. A new Model Run Activity tab lists your model run history, including name, status, start date, and number of credits that were consumed.
• Enhanced model run design – Continuing our commitment to providing an intuitive, consistent user experience, the BRYX model run stepper was refreshed with improved ease-of-use and interaction.
• Improved accessibility – New accessibility upgrades empower BRYX users to understand the content and context of the images and videos on the BRYX user interface. With this update, alternative (alt) text now appears for all images/videos displayed on the BRYX landing page.

ISSUE FIXED

• RoboFlat – Addressed an issue in which the color scale bar overlapped floors with stretched x-y axis ratios in the DXF output file.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Additional customization for RoboFlat reports – A new version of RoboFlat (v1.1.3) now allows users to upload a logo/image to display on the first page of their PDF report.
• Advanced data management – Easily manage datasets and model run results with new data management features. Users can now select multiple datasets and/or model results for bulk delete, as well as modify their datasets’ name and description.
• Submit new ideas form – Users can share an idea for a new model from any BRYX web page, providing our customers with additional opportunities to share feedback.
• Improved performance – The BRYX infrastructure now takes advantage of workload profiles within Microsoft Azure container apps, allowing for much larger compute resources and more options for vertical/horizontal scaling.
• Enhanced user experience - The BRYX user interface was enhanced with a variety of features to optimize the user experience, including redesigned model details pages and new account management capabilities that allow users to view detailed information about their transactions.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New RoboFlat v 1.1.2 – A new version of RoboFlat is now available, delivering a variety of product enhancements, including:
  1. Additional output files are now generated, designed to provide advanced information on failure grid points and threshold deviations.
  2. Dynamic legends were added to DXF files for TR34 or Custom tests.
  3. The RoboFlat version number is now included in the Excel full report for easy identification.
• New Rerun feature – Paid users can now quickly rerun a model directly from the Model Result Details page, saving time by eliminating the need to enter parameters again.
• New Privacy Policy – Read about how BRYX collects and stores data in the new Privacy Policy, available from the BRYX site.
• Updated Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - BRYX users can now easily reset their MFA method directly from BRYX.
• Enhanced Accessibility – Tooltips are now displayed whenever a user hovers over a clickable icon on the BRYX user interface.
• Redesigned Catalog page - The Model Catalog has a brand new look and feel, with icons for branding, dynamic tags for pricing, and visually appealing images.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Cookie Statement – Essential cookies are necessary for you to navigate our site and use certain features. Our new Cookie Statement explains how KCI uses cookies to understand how the platform is being used and deliver a better user experience.
• New BRYX Sell Sheet – New marketing collateral is available for download, directly from the BRYX site footer.
• Optimized RoboFlat Output – RoboFlat’s DXF files now include enhanced layer names that include measurement information, providing easy access to additional detail about floor conditions.
• User Interface Improvements – To ensure we continue to provide the best experience possible for our users, we’ve made a variety of enhancements, including updated user interface microcopy and email content.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Landing Page Enhancements – The landing page experience now includes an enhanced design with dynamic content, high-quality visuals, and access to a promotional video for improved readability and user engagement.
• Updated Terms of Use – The BRYX Terms of Use document now includes information about use of Google Analytics.
• Enhanced RoboFlat results – RoboFlat’s output now includes additional information for custom test runs, including cut/fill values for curvature failures and the degree/direction of slope, allowing users to easily determine how to remedy any issues found.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Model Feedback Option – Users can now easily submit feedback about their model runs, directly from the BRYX Results Details page. This feedback mechanism gives users the opportunity to help refine model performance, adapt models to new data, and enhance the user experience.
• New Welcome Email for Free Trial Users – Free trial users now receive a welcome email when starting a trial of a BRYX model. This email includes more information about free trial terms as well as instructions on how to get started.
• New Delete Functionality available for Model Results – Users now have the ability to remove model results from their account, if needed. This feature helps users streamline their BRYX interface as they manage their model activity.
• Updated RoboFlat Reports – The RoboFlat PDF reports now use standard number formatting that is more in line with customer expectations, including percentage signs, integer commas, and units.
• Updated Object Detection Model Results – The output (xlsx) of all BRYX computer vision models now includes the file name of the image in which the objects were detected. This enhancement affects the following models: PPE Detection; Traffic Control Device Detection; and Power Pole Equipment Detection.
• SvelteKit Upgrade – BRYX has upgraded its front-end web development framework (SvelteKit) from Version 1.0 to 2.0 to take advantage of performance enhancements and other new user interface development features.

NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

• New Power Pole Equipment Detection Model – A new model for utility users is now available from the BRYX catalog. This model automatically analyzes power pole imagery and detects/classifies the equipment found on the pole. Ideal for asset inventory and training purposes, this model is designed to streamline manual processes, saving time and resources.
• Multi-Factor Authentication - The BRYX platform now supports Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), adding an additional layer of security to all BRYX accounts. Users are now required to enter a verification code in addition to their password to prove their identity during the log-in process. To implement MFA, users can scan a provided QR code with any authentication app that supports the TOTP algorithm, such as Microsoft Authenticator.
• Book A Demo Form - All BRYX users can now quickly request a free demo of the BRYX platform and/or any model(s) that they may be interested in via an easy-to-use online form.
• Get Support Form - Registered BRYX users can send technical questions or report issues directly to the BRYX Support Team, using a dedicated online form, which includes the ability to send screenshot attachments to help with troubleshooting.
• Optimized Traffic Control Device Detection Model - The Traffic Control Device Detection model was retrained on additional data, improving overall precision/recall of results.

ISSUES FIXED

• The Sign in with Google interface was updated to display the correct BRYX URL (gobryx.com) instead of b2clogin.com.
• Scaling issues when starting multiple Traffic Control Device Detection model runs of large datasets in quick succession has been addressed.

Overview

BRYX is KCI’s secure, scalable Model-as-a-Service platform, providing a variety of machine learning, computer vision, and computational models designed for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. With BRYX, users have easy accessibility to advanced technology to help optimize their operations, streamline their decision-making processes, and improve safety.

Key Features

• Advanced data management for uploading, storing, and managing data.
• Model run wizard that steps users through the process of configuring and starting their model runs.
• Model monitoring capabilities that allow users to track their model runs, view runtime logs, and access developer logs.
• Easily accessible model results that can be viewed within BRYX and/or downloaded.
• Flexible pricing to handle a variety of use cases, from free trials and subscriptions to pay-as-you go.

BRYX Models

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Detection - Automatically analyzes construction site imagery and identifies PPE used on the job site.
• Traffic Control Device Detection model - Analyzes roadway construction imagery to automatically detect traffic control devices, such as cones, temporary traffic signs, lights, and drums.
• RoboFlat – An advanced solution for flatness/levelness/curvature testing of concrete floors for large robotic facilities, such as fulfilment centers and warehouses.

Known Issues

• Based on our testing, you may encounter a scaling issue with the Traffic Control Device Detection model results when starting multiple runs of large datasets in quick succession.
• RoboFlat PDF reports may not be generated when running ASTM tests on jumbo point cloud files (11+ GB).
• Erroneous term (b2clogin.com) appears on Log-In user interface when logging into BRYX via Google.