About Stairio
Making every staircase safer through autonomous monitoring.
The Origin Story
Every multi-storey building in Hong Kong has the same blind spot — the stairwell. Security guards walk stairwells on daily patrol rounds, costing HK$240,000 per year per building for inconsistent results with no real-time audit trail.
Two trends are making the status quo untenable: an aging security workforce and tightening regulations following building safety incidents.
Building managers initially wanted UAV staircase patrol. But drones are too dangerous in enclosed stairwells — propellers, noise, collision risk. We realised the handrail is the safe, bounded, automatable path. That insight became Stairio: a compact, rail-mounted device that patrols autonomously, detects hazards with onboard AI, and reports in real time.
By the Numbers
The Team
Our public team structure follows the current Cyberport application deck: four core team members supported by three domain mentors.
Core Team
Leads Stairio and the applied robotics research direction.
Owns prototyping, motion systems, and field-ready hardware execution.
Supports fabrication planning and production readiness.
Builds the software platform, AI workflow, and alerting layer.
Mentors
Advises the research and academic development of Stairio.
Provides senior engineering and industrialization guidance.
Supports commercialization, venture storytelling, and ecosystem access.
Special Thanks
Advises on software and hardware integration as a non-official team contributor.
Recognition
International Geneva Inventions Exhibition
Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury
Stairio received international recognition in Geneva for its stair safety monitoring and predictive maintenance invention. The full diploma is available on the About page for partners, media, and prospective collaborators who want the original certificate.
Partners
Hotel Icon
Our first customer and pilot partner. Hotel Icon, the PolyU Teaching Hotel, has signed a pilot agreement to deploy Stairio across its stairwells.
PolyU
Founded with deep ties to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Our research and early development are rooted in PolyU's engineering ecosystem.
Work With Us
We are targeting 500 buildings in Hong Kong within three years — less than 1.5% of the city's 40,000+ buildings. There is plenty of room to grow together.