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Company

Stairio Limited was founded in Hong Kong in 2025 by a team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Our product, Stairio 360, rides a stairwell's existing handrail, takes 360° photos of every landing and uses AI to flag blocked exits, open fire doors, litter and damage for staff to confirm in a web app. Stairio has been tested at Hotel ICON and at Hong Kong International Airport. We are a PolyU Micro Fund awardee, won a Gold Medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions 2026, were Hong Kong national runner-up in the James Dyson Award 2026, and will exhibit at CES 2027 in Las Vegas.

Description

Stairio builds a robot that rides the stair handrail and inspects stairwells on its own, so building teams spend less time climbing floors and more time fixing what matters.

Our Beliefs

Every stairwell is an escape route, and it should be checked as often as safety needs, not only when someone has time to climb it. We build robots that do the climbing and the looking, so people can spend their time on judgement and action. Good automation should take physical strain off an ageing workforce, keep a clear record of every check, and leave the final decision with people.

Product

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Stairio 360 is a stairwell inspection robot that rides the existing handrail from top to bottom. At every landing it takes a 360° photo, and AI flags blocked exits, open fire doors, exit-sign problems, litter, pests and damage. Staff review each finding in a web app, mark it real or a false alarm, and keep a dated record of every round. It needs no change to the building and runs on a quick-swap battery.

Technology

- Stairio 360 robot: rides the existing stair handrail, top to bottom, with no change to the building, and uses a quick-swap removable battery.- 360° camera and AI inspection: checks every landing for fire-safety issues (blocked exits, open fire doors, missing or unlit exit signs), cleanliness, pests, damage and security concerns.- Web app: a live 3D stairwell map, findings with photos, real-problem or false-alarm review, alerts (including Telegram), round history and reports, in English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.- Service: installation per stairwell plus a monthly subscription covering the robot, software, AI and maintenance.