AI-Powered Dumbbells

  • Prize
    Winner in Sport Equipment Design / Strength Training
  • Company/Firm
    Kabata
  • Lead Designer
    Kareem Aly
  • Other Designer(s)
    Brian Lovera
  • Design Status
    Commercialized
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  • Selling Price
    $1999 + digital app subscription
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Description
Kabata is the world's smartest home gym and the world's first ever AI-powered dumbbells. Kabata's technology allows it to coach and progress users via analysis of their workout metrics. Unique features, such as Velocity-Based Training (VBT), track a user's rep speed and rep quality to determine if the weight can be safely increased or not. Users can take advantage of the Kabata mobile app to access science-based workouts, advanced analytics and AI-powered coaching. Gaming-inspired haptic feedback adds an immersive element to the user experience as well, with tactile vibrations and pulses sent straight to a user's hand in various scenarios to increase engagement and positive feedback. The company's mission is to build a stronger, healthier and happier world.

Innovation
Kabata combines 12 sets of dumbbells into one minimalist design. Using embedded sensors, alongside bleeding edge AI and machine learning technology, Kabata is able to comprehend all of a user's moves and workouts, analyzing metrics such as time under tension, rep quality, and velocity. This allows Kabata to progress users safely, while creating effective, enjoyable workouts tailored towards users' unique goals. With this comprehension, Kabata AI is also able to automatically change the weight in unprecedented fashion, knowing exactly what weight an individual user needs for every move and adding precious time back to people's busy days. This is true innovation in a dumbbell category that has looked the same for decades - and a valiant attempt to propel the entire fitness industry forward.

Product Detail
Kabata's AI-powered dumbbells are composed primarily of iron, which drives most of the weight, with a premium Nylon overmold to allow for smooth functionality when sliding in and out of the base.

Specification
Kabata ranges from 5 to 60 lbs. per dumbbell, in 5-lb. increments. The product comes in an initial black colorway and is gender-neutral, driven off one of the company's core mantras - anyone can lift.



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