Repair It: The AI-Powered Pocket Mechanic

Inspiration

Every year, millions of tons of repairable electronics, appliances, and furniture end up in landfills simply because people don't know how to fix them or fear they'll make it worse. Looking at a broken toaster in our dorm kitchen and realized: the information to fix it is out there, but it's buried in dense manuals or long YouTube videos. The goal is to bridge the gap between "broken" and "fixed" by making expert repair knowledge instantly accessible through the camera lens of your phone easily and quickly to do it your self.

What is this?

Repair It turns your smartphone into an expert repair assistant. Powered by Google Gemini 3, simply point your camera at any broken or degraded item to get an instant diagnosis. The app analyzes the visual damage and generates a custom, step-by-step repair guide tailored specifically to that object, helping you fix it safely and quickly by your self.

Instant Identification:

Users snap a picture of a broken or degraded item (e.g., a specific blender model, a bicycle derailleur, or a leaking pipe). The app uses computer vision which built in Gemini 3 Pro to identify the item and detect the problem and provide the fix.

What I learned

That AI now days is very powerful and helpful at level that can make our life easier and save us time & money by providing what we need from a large knowledge base with smart thinking in seconds.

Challenges ran into

Turning my idea into reality with android app that do the job and provide accuracy with ease of use. Also creating the right prompt that makes Gemini do what exactly is needed for my app.

Gemini 3 Pro

This app built using Google Gemini 3 Pro Api to detect images and provide needed data. I also used Gemini Chat in Android Studio to help make app development faster.

What's next for Repair It

More Enhancements, More Features (Audio Recording, Video Capturing, Context Chat with AI, etc..), Enhancing UX by providing more options, customizations & languages.

Built With

• android
• android-studio
• camerax
• clean-architecture
• compose
• gemini
• hilt
• kotlin
• mvi
• roomdb