Physics AI tutor that answers from your own course
Upload your lecture slides and textbook chapters and Bo answers physics questions from them, with the page cited.
- Pulls the free-body diagram or graph from your slides into the chat
- Follows the symbols and sign conventions your professor uses
- A hint before the answer when a flashcard is still hidden
Where does most of a cell's ATP come from?
- AGlycolysis
- BThe electron transport chain
- CThe Calvin cycle
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What a physics AI tutor should do
A physics AI tutor should explain your course, not physics in general. StudyPDF's Bo answers from the slides and textbook chapters you upload, cites the page of every answer and pulls the diagram from your own slides into the chat. That matters in a subject where one sign or one missing force turns a right answer into a wrong one, and where every professor writes the same law a little differently.
Ask about a diagram, and see it
Physics is diagrams. Upload the slides on forces and ask why the speed at the bottom of a frictionless ramp does not depend on the mass. Bo answers from your slide, names the page and can pull the diagram itself into the chat. Then Bo walks through it: gravity points down, the normal force is perpendicular to the surface and only the part of gravity along the slope speeds the block up. In the energy version of the same slide the mass cancels out of the equation, which is the answer to your question.
Follow the derivation your professor uses
Ask for the derivation behind a formula and Bo walks through it from your lecture, step by step, with the symbols and the sign convention of your course. Say your professor counts up as positive and the textbook counts down. Bo uses the version from your files and tells you where it appears, so the steps match what you will see on the exam. If a step is unclear, ask about that step and Bo re-explains it from the same page.
A quiz on the concepts you miss
Every answer and every flashcard rating updates how well you know each concept in your course. Ask Bo what to focus on and Bo names your weakest ones, say torque and conservation of momentum. Tell Bo to drill you on those and Bo does not build the quiz in the chat. Bo gives you the New material form with Quiz chosen and those concepts already selected. You press Create, and the questions come from your lectures with an explanation and a source page for each.
Tutor or photo solver: which one you need
A photo solver takes a picture of a problem and writes out the steps, usually from the open internet. That can help you check a calculation, but it does not know which method your professor uses, and a finished solution hides the weak spot behind it. Bo works the other way round. Bo answers from your course, shows where the answer comes from and helps you build what an exam tests, which is knowing why. StudyPDF is not built to solve a problem set line by line. Bo explains the method in your material so you can do the next problem yourself.
What it does not do
Bo is only as good as the material you give it. If a topic is not in your slides or textbook, there is nothing for Bo to cite, so upload the chapter first.
The diagrams come from your slides and textbook. Bo does not draw new ones, so a figure that is not in your material has no picture, and Bo explains it in words. It is also not a simulator and does not run experiments.
It is a tutor, not an answer key, and it is not built to solve a problem set line by line. Check numbers and units against the worked examples in your files, as you would with any tool. What you get is explanations you can check, practice that targets your weak concepts and a dated study plan up to your exam if you set the date.
Study physics from your own course
Upload the slides and textbook chapters for your physics course and ask Bo about the part you got stuck on. You get an answer with the page, the diagram from your slides and a quiz on what you miss. Create a free account, no card. Free gives about 4 materials a week, and every plan has a weekly cap.
How to study physics with Bo
Four steps from your slides to practice that targets what you miss.
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Upload your course
Add the lecture slides, the textbook chapters and your own notes, as documents, scans or photos of the board. Free allows up to 3 files per upload and 300 pages per file.
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Ask about what you do not get
The answer comes from your slides and names the page.
- 3
Look at the diagram together
Ask Bo to show the figure. Bo pulls the diagram from your slides into the chat and walks through it: which forces act, which way they point and how they split along the slope.
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Practice what you miss
Ask Bo what to focus on. Bo reads your mastery and hands you the New material form with Quiz chosen and your weakest concepts already selected. You press Create.
What Bo gives you in a physics course
Clear about what it does, and about what it does not.
- Answers from your lectures and textbook, not the open internet
- The page on every answer, so you can check it against your file
- Diagrams and graphs from your own slides, explained step by step
- Your professor's notation, not a generic one
- Per-concept mastery: see which topics are solid and which are not
Which physics courses it fits
- Intro mechanics: kinematics, forces, energy, momentum and rotation
- AP and IB physics: your class slides and textbook chapters, answered with the page
- Electricity, magnetism, waves, optics and thermodynamics, as far as your lectures cover them
- Engineering and science courses with a physics unit
Try it on your own notes.
Upload your notes, slides or a lecture and ask your first question.
Questions and answers
What is the best AI for physics?
The one that works from your own course. A general chatbot answers from the whole internet and may use a method or notation your professor does not. StudyPDF's Bo answers only from the slides and textbook you upload and cites the page, so you can check every answer. In a subject where signs and units matter, that is the difference between help and a guess.
Is there a free physics AI solver?
StudyPDF is not a solver. It does not take a photo of a problem and return worked answers. It explains concepts, derivations and diagrams from your own material, and it is free to start with a free account and no card. Free gives about 4 materials a week, 3 files per upload and 300 pages per file.
Can AI explain physics diagrams?
Yes, when the diagram is in your material. Bo pulls the figure from your slides or textbook into the conversation and explains it, for example which forces act on the block and how they split along a slope. If a figure is not in your files, there is no picture to show, and Bo explains it in words from the text.
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Can I trust an AI with physics?
Trust it the way you trust a study partner: check it. Every answer from Bo names the page of your lecture or textbook it came from, so you can compare the explanation with your own source. For calculations, check the numbers and units against the worked examples in your files.
How much does it cost?
You can start for free. Free gives about 4 materials a week and 2 courses. Pro gives 10 courses, for students who study every day or have several courses. Every plan has a weekly cap.
Is this about AI in physics research?
No. This is a study tool for students taking a physics course. For news on AI in particle physics or engineering simulation, a research institute or a science publication is the better place.