Work Instruction & SOP Software for Robotics and Automation
Precision assembly and commissioning only work when everyone does it the same way. SOPX turns a phone recording of a build or a deployment into a structured work instruction, keeps every version current as the hardware iterates, and gives the tech on site the exact steps by link or QR so every deployment matches the last one.
Reviewed by Gregor Obreza
, Co-founder and CEO 10min
from a recording to a published work instruction
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logins needed for the tech on site to open a work instruction
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current version everyone sees at once
The problem
The Challenges
Shadowing works at five people and breaks at fifteen
When the team was small, everyone learned the build by watching the person next to them. As you scale, there aren't enough seniors to shadow and nothing is written down, so new hires guess.
Every deployment depends on whoever is on site
Two techs commission the same cell two different ways because the sequence was never captured. Alone on site, a newer tech has no one to check with, so the result depends on who showed up.
The know-how is stuck in one senior engineer
The person who knows how the build and commissioning really go is the one you can't pull off the job to write it up. So it never happens, and the whole team stays dependent on one person.
What changes
How SOPX Solves This
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Turn a phone video into a build and deployment work instruction
Record the engineer assembling a unit or commissioning a cell on a phone. AI splits it into steps, each with a trimmed clip, an AI-written title, and a description. A draft is ready in minutes, no typing and no writing it up after the job.
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Every deployment the same, whichever tech is on site
Share the exact steps by link or QR so the tech on site follows the same sequence every time, even alone. Full-screen mode walks through each step, so commissioning matches the last one and assembly stays consistent as operators change.
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Keep it current as the hardware iterates
Hardware changes, and the work instruction keeps up. Edit once and everyone gets the latest version, while older revisions stay on record. Add arrows and callouts to point at the exact connector, fixture, or torque point on this revision.
Relevant Use Cases
Process Standardization
Process variation drives quality issues, waste, and errors. Standardize every task with visual SOPs generated from your best methods, accessible at every workstation.
Learn more →Work Instructions for Training
Film the job once on a phone. SOPX turns it into a visual work instruction. Put instructions in a training path, and new starters work through it at their own pace, in their own language. Each trainee signs off, and you see who is trained.
Learn more →Knowledge Capture
SOPX is tribal knowledge software: record your experts doing the tasks they already do every day, and AI turns the footage into structured, shareable SOPs. The expert keeps working, not authoring docs.
Learn more →Built for These Roles
Operations Manager
You do not have hours to write procedures, and your best operators should not either. They film the job on a phone, AI drafts a clear step-by-step SOP, and you review it in minutes. The line keeps running when someone is out.
Learn more →Production Supervisor / Team Lead
You answer the same questions every shift, and your best operators lose time to it too. Film the job once, let AI draft a step-by-step visual work instruction, and point your team to one link they open right at the workstation.
Learn more →Continuous Improvement / Lean Manager
Your best operator should not lose an afternoon writing work instructions. Film the current best method, let AI draft structured steps in under 10 minutes, and when you improve the standard the update reaches every shift at once.
Learn more →Key terms
Runbook
A step-by-step operational document that walks someone through a specific recurring task or incident, from trigger to resolution, so anyone can execute it the same way.
Standard Operating Procedure
A documented set of step-by-step instructions that defines how a recurring task or process should be performed.
Changeover
Switching a machine or line from one product to the next. Changeover time runs from the last good piece of product A to the first good piece of product B.
Kaizen
The Japanese practice of continuous improvement through small, incremental changes made by everyone, every day. It literally means 'change for the better.'
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
01How do I turn a build or deployment video into a work instruction?
02What robotics and automation work can I document this way?
03How does the tech on site get to the work instruction?
04We scaled past learning by shadowing. Can this replace it?
05Our hardware iterates constantly. How do we keep work instructions current?
06How do we keep every deployment consistent?
Software Categories
Work Instruction Software
Digital work instruction software for manufacturing teams. Film the job on a phone, publish a visual work instruction in minutes, translate it into 50+ languages.
Learn more →Video to SOP
Video to SOP software turns a process recording into a structured, step-by-step SOP. Film the work on a phone, and AI writes every step with a trimmed clip in under 10 minutes.
Learn more →SOP Software
What SOP software is, the four product types sold under the label, and how to pick the right standard operating procedure software for your work.
Learn more →SOP Management Software
SOP management software for teams that already have procedures and cannot govern them. Versioning, approval flow, procedure history, Document IDs, and search across every SOP.
Learn more →Explore SOPX
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