# SIMAM AI LAB ### Applied Intelligence for Industry, Infrastructure & Public Systems **AI Agents · Spatial Intelligence · Local AI · Vision · Digital Twins · XR** Simam AI Lab is the applied AI research division of **Simam Digital Ltd**, a UK digital product and engineering studio based in Wakefield. We research, prototype and publish practical AI systems that bridge the gap between emerging models and real-world deployment. Our work focuses particularly on AI that can **understand data, reason about physical environments, use tools and assist people inside complex operational workflows.** --- ## 🧪 What We're Exploring ### Agentic Infrastructure Reusable AI agents and orchestration systems for engineering, construction, infrastructure, public services and enterprise workflows. ### Spatial Intelligence AI systems capable of reasoning across **Gaussian Splats, GIS, BIM, maps, Digital Twins, imagery and real-world environments**. ### Autonomous Workflows Multi-stage systems combining models, tools, agents, APIs and human approval to produce useful operational outputs. ### Local Intelligence Private and on-premise AI using open models for organisations that need greater control over their data, infrastructure and inference. ### Human + AI Interfaces Exploring how **voice, vision, XR, spatial computing and intelligent interfaces** change the way people interact with AI. --- # 🤗 AI Model Playground We use Hugging Face to make emerging AI research easier to explore. Our Spaces include simple interfaces for experimenting with: * Large Language Models * Vision Language Models * OCR & document intelligence * Image understanding * Object detection & segmentation * Embedding models * Local and open-source LLMs * AI agents * Retrieval and RAG * Generative image & video models * Spatial AI experiments The goal is simple: > **Make powerful AI research accessible without requiring users to understand Python, CUDA, inference servers or model deployment.** --- # 🧠 Simam Intelligence Framework Our applied research follows a simple operating loop: **OBSERVE → UNDERSTAND → REASON → ACT → LEARN → IMPROVE** We combine four practical layers: **01 — Spatial & Data Signals** 3DGS · BIM · GIS · imagery · documents · sensors · APIs **02 — Intelligence** Vision models · LLMs · multimodal models · agents **03 — Workflows** Tools · orchestration · human approval · evaluation **04 — Deployment** Cloud · edge · local · on-premise Models are selected around the problem — not the other way around. --- # 🔬 Current Research Some of our active research areas include: **AI Construction Assistant** Spatial agents navigating Gaussian Splat construction environments for inspection, safety and progress analysis. **Local AI for SMEs** Privacy-preserving local language and vision models for organisations working with sensitive information. **XR AI Training** Vision, voice and spatial agents operating inside immersive industrial training environments. **Infrastructure Intelligence** Combining mapping, Digital Twins, operational data and AI agents to create queryable infrastructure systems. **Agentic Workflows** Research into visual, secure and human-supervised agent orchestration for non-technical users. --- # 🧩 Simam Agent Studio We are developing a visual Applied Intelligence platform for creating AI agents and multi-stage workflows without requiring traditional AI development. Think: `INPUT → MODEL → REASON → TOOL → APPROVAL → ACTION` Our research explores: * Visual agent orchestration * Model-independent workflows * Bring-your-own-model / bring-your-own-key * MCP and external tools * Human approval gates * Agent evaluation * Local model execution * Multi-agent systems * Industry-specific Agent Blueprints --- # 📊 Models & Benchmarks Not every AI model is right for every problem. We experiment with open models and publish practical observations around: * reasoning quality * vision performance * document understanding * latency * hardware requirements * inference cost * privacy * local deployment * agent/tool performance * industry suitability Where useful, experiments will be released as **Spaces, datasets, benchmarks or Research Notes**. --- # 🛰 Applied Spatial Intelligence A major focus of the Lab is exploring what happens when AI begins to understand the **physical world**, not only text. We research combinations of: `AI + GIS + 3DGS + BIM + Digital Twins + Computer Vision + XR` Our long-term goal is to create intelligent systems capable of understanding complex physical environments and helping people **inspect, navigate, simulate, query and operate them using natural interfaces.** --- # 🤝 Research & Collaboration We are interested in collaborating with: * AI researchers * Open-source developers * Universities * SMEs * Infrastructure organisations * Engineering teams * Public-sector organisations * AI model developers * Research funders * Technology partners We are particularly interested in applied research where an emerging AI capability can be tested against a **real operational problem**. --- ## Build With Us Have a model, dataset, research idea or real-world problem worth exploring? We're open to: **Research collaborations · Model evaluations · Dataset projects · Industry pilots · Agent experiments · Spatial AI research · Open-source projects** 🌐 **Simam AI Lab:** lab.simamdigital.com 🏢 **Simam Digital:** simamdigital.com 💻 **GitHub:** github.com/Simam-Digital-Ltd 📍 **Wakefield, United Kingdom** --- ### Research → Prototype → Evidence → Product **Simam AI Lab** *Applied intelligence for the physical world.*