Life at Trexo isn’t always about building cool gadgets and working with robots. More often than not, it is about the inspiration we receive daily from kids who at a young age face many obstacles and manage to find way …
Children’s mobility devices are about so much more than being mobile
When we first started working on a solution to help children learn to walk, we considered existing state-of-the-art technologies in the field. In looking at emerging technologies such as exoskeletons, we were surprised to see that while there were a …
Trexo Robotics: Delivering Futuristic & Innovative Pediatric Wearable Robotic Devices
Over the years, various solutions have come up to aid the differentially abled; but few were focused specifically for children with disabilities. Today, children with mobility impairments spend a lot of time sitting, which has been shown to lead to …
Making assistive technology better through user-centricity
We’re learning directly from our end-users about what matters to them in the design of assistive technology. A glimpse into the experience of our users Ben is sitting on the Rifton gait trainer seat asking us questions about how the …
Praneit’s story
Trexo Robotics was inspired by a deeply personal experience that my family and I faced (see Trexo’s story). A few years ago, back then still an engineering student at the University of Waterloo, I learnt that my nephew was diagnosed …
Trexo Robotics wins MIT Enterprise Forum Award
Last month, following its participation in the Canadian Technology Accelerator Boston program, Trexo Robotics, a Mississauga-based wearable robotic device company that improves children’s mobility, won the MIT Enterprise Forum Startup Spotlight Award for their life-changing innovation. The origin story of Trexo Robotics In …
The importance of creating access to walking for children with disabilities
We started working on building an assistive device for children with disabilities because Manmeet (CEO of Trexo Robotics) learned that his nephew would never be able to walk (see Trexo Robotics’ story). We later learned that walking is not just …
Trexo Stories: meet Leo
This is our friend Leo. Leo is 7 years old and was born with SCN8A epilepsy. When we first met Leo and his dad Alex at Trexo, Leo couldn’t walk and had difficulties with balance. Despite that, they both came …
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge: The Startups Most Likely to Become Next Unicorn, Develop a Cult Following, and Crack a Beer With
Votes are in: 2018 Startup Spotlight showcases depth, breadth and vision of local entrepreneurs – as well as teams from Canada and Thailand CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hundreds from the Greater Boston tech ecosystem filled District …
U of T conference explores the future of health care – and how Toronto will shape it
Having twice battled breast cancer, Nathalie Le Prohon has first-hand knowledge of the “dire need for change and transformation” of the aging and often inefficient Canadian health-care system. “We’re moving and innovation is happening, but it’s not scaling up fast …
Robotics beyond the factories: assistive devices help children gain independence
While R&D costs are high, and insurance coverage for end users is slim to non-existent, a few startups have made headway For some entrepreneurs, their innovations are passion projects. But these take time and creative marketing to reach fruition. This …
Top prize is $20,000 for winner of accessibility-focused pitch competition at Discovery 2018
TORONTO, April 3, 2018 /CNW/ – Five innovative, Ontario-based companies focused on accessibility and assistive technology will compete in Ontario Centres of Excellence’s (OCE) $20,000 Accessibility Tech Pitch Competition. Taking place at Discovery 2018, the pitch competition is part of the Accessibility Innovation Showcase (AIS) at the conference, which …
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