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Rahul Udasi

Co-founder & CTO, Trexo Robotics

Robotics

Rahul Udasi is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Trexo Robotics, the Mississauga company that makes powered robotic legs to help children with cerebral palsy and other mobility conditions walk. He started it in 2016 with Manmeet Maggu, his former roommate at the University of Waterloo, after earlier robotics work at Willow Garage.

Rahul hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Rahul co-founded Trexo Robotics, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

Around the web ×3

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Trexo Robotics hires Waterloo co-op studentsUniversity of Waterloo (Hire Waterloo)
2021
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Helping children overcome their mobility challenges, Trexo Robotics gets a Y Combinator boostTechCrunch
2019
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U of T startup Trexo Robotics takes another step forward with children's 'Iron Man' exoskeletonUniversity of Toronto News
2017

Quick answers

Did Rahul Udasi co-found Trexo Robotics?

Yes. University of Toronto News reported on November 23, 2017 that co-founders Manmeet Maggu and Rahul Udasi had won first prize in a pitch competition. Trexo's own team page, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as Founder & CTO.

How did he and Maggu start Trexo?

TechCrunch reported on February 25, 2019 that the two met as roommates at the University of Waterloo, and that Maggu kept prototyping and asked Udasi, the robotics expert, for help. University of Toronto News reported on November 23, 2017 that in summer 2016 the pair packed the prototype in a suitcase and flew it to India to test.

What is his background?

The University of Waterloo's Hire Waterloo news reported on September 29, 2021 that he is a Waterloo mechatronics engineering graduate (BASc 2014). TechCrunch reported on February 25, 2019 that he worked at Willow Garage and other robotics companies before returning to Canada for a master's in robotics at the University of Toronto.

How does he build the team?

Hire Waterloo reported on September 29, 2021 that Trexo leans on co-op students, that Udasi meets them every two weeks to set goals, and that he sees co-op hiring as a way to reach strong talent and build the company's future workforce.

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