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About
Most smart-wheelchair research ends in a research chair nobody can buy. Braze Mobility's design choice was to make the intelligence an add-on: sensors that attach to a wheelchair somebody already owns and is already fitted to, rather than a new chair. The system automatically detects obstacles and gives the driver customisable multi-modal alerts. Viswanathan, who had done doctoral and post-doctoral work on smart wheelchairs and computer vision at Honda Research Institute, told the HealthTO stage in 2018 that she spent four years developing the system before she ever considered building a company around it. Braze has been through Techstars, Google for Startups, AARP Innovation Labs and Founder Institute.
Backers
Accelerator-backed: Techstars, Google for Startups, AARP Innovation Labs, Founder Institute. Equity investors are not established here.
Quick answers
What does Braze Mobility make?
Blind spot sensor systems that fit any wheelchair and warn the driver about obstacles through audio, visual and vibration alerts.
Why add sensors instead of building a smart wheelchair?
Because a wheelchair user already has a chair fitted to them. Making the sensing an add-on means the technology reaches people without asking them to replace the equipment they depend on.
Who founded Braze Mobility?
Dr. Pooja Viswanathan, its CEO, with Dr. Alex Mihailidis as co-founder and scientific advisor. Viswanathan had spent over a decade researching smart wheelchairs before founding the company in 2016.