GYM BUDDI

  • Prize
    Winner in Sport Equipment Design / Urban Life
  • University
    University of Houston
  • Lead Designer
    Justin Higginbotham
  • Professor Credit
    Elham Morshedzadeh, Mark Kimbrough
  • Design Status
    Concept
  • Project Link
  • Web URL

Description
GYM BUDDI, your personal public gym assistant. GYM BUDDI gives you live form feedback and motivation during your weight lifts, whilst ensuring the privacy of others in the area. GYM BUDDI gives the user the power to weight lift safely in any environment, anywhere!

Innovation
GYM BUDDI's innovation is in the way that the product handles privacy in public spaces; as well is in the way that it interacts with the user while they are strength training. GYM BUDDI records live footage of the user but translates the footage into an alternate reality 3D space and places a generic 3D dummy model overtop the user to prevent gym goers from being unwillingly recorded. At the same time, the AI motion capture footage is analyzed and live audio feedback is given to the user (either via the GYM BUDDI units or via your headphones / earbuds) that ensures the user's lifting form is correct so that the user will not hurt themselves during their lifts.

Product Detail
Black silicone cylindrical body structure. Stainless Steel outer shell. Black silicone brushed magnets hold the units together when in charging / transport position. Product contains green / red laser for positioning accuracy. Product also contains a small camera hidden by the black transparent plastic in top of the unit.

Specification
Product is sold as two units with free pass to the GYM BUDDI phone application. Product is roughly 2 lbs. Product only comes in the black silicone and stainless steel CMF.



  • FIT Seal

FIT Sport Design Awards 2025
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