Stairio investigates handrail-mounted robotics, AI vision and multi-sensor perception for staircase safety inspection and predictive maintenance.
Research support. The Hotel ICON Research Funding Scheme supports the project, with Li-Ta Hsu as PI. The funded period is 1 October 2025 – 30 September 2027.
Recognition. Awarded Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2026 (news).
Partner. Hotel ICON, PolyU’s teaching hotel, supports the staircase-inspection research collaboration.
Official project website. The Stairio official website traces the robot’s development from the original Stairio S1 to subsequent prototypes.
Stairio prototype on a handrail demonstration rig, shown in the official website’s Geneva coverage. Image source: Stairio official website / PolyU AAE.
Funding: Hotel ICON Research Funding Scheme (HK$500k, PI; Oct 2025–Sep 2027)
Started: 2025 — 2027