The care sector has been undergoing a transformation as technology is playing a growing role in supporting patients, care workers, and families. From AI-powered monitoring systems and robotic assistance to digital platforms and smart seating, startups have been developing products designed to address the practical challenges associated with care, such as mobility, safety, independence, and the pressures that are being placed on care teams.
In this article, we look at five startups developing technology to tackle different areas of care. All of these companies demonstrate how the care industry shifting to a technology-based future to ensure better care for patients and those looking to help them.
1x
1X is a robotics and AI startup developing humanoid robots for use in everyday environments. Its current focus is NEO, a bipedal home robot designed to carry out household tasks and provide assistance to people in their h
omes. NEO has been designed with a soft exterior, tendon-driven actuation, self-charging capabilities, and sensors for navigating and understanding its surroundings. NEO is able to handle routine activities, such as putting away dishes, opening doors, carrying items, and other chores, with the aim of reducing the time people spend on repetitive household work. NEO combines physical robotics with 1X’s Redwood AI system, allowing it to learn and perform chores, while also interacting with users through voice, visual, and contextual intelligence.
NEO has been designed to operate autonomously, while also allowing users to schedule tasks through an accompanying app and communicate with the humanoid using natural language. For tasks that NEO has not yet learned, 1X offers an ‘Expert Mode’, where a 1X expert can remotely supervise the robot at scheduled times and help it learn how to complete the task.
ABLE Human Motion
ABLE Human Motion is a Barcelona-based medical devic
e startup that has developed robotic exoskeleton technology to improve mobility and rehabilitation for people with neurological impairments. Founded in 2018 as a spin-out from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the company was founded by engineers and a mechanical engineering professor following research into powered orthoses. Its technology has been designed around making robotic rehabilitation more accessible to clinics and patients, with a focus on usability, adjustability, and affordability.
Its flagship product, the ABLE Exoskeleton, is a lightweight, adjustable robotic device designed for clinical neurorehabilitation. The hip-knee-powered system actively assists users with standing, walking, turning, and sitting, helping therapists deliver gait training to people with mobility impairments. The device can be adjusted without tools and put on in less than six minutes, while its software allows therapists to adapt the level of assistance to each individual patient. The device was initially approved for people with spinal cord injuries and, in 2025, received approval for use with people with Multiple Sclerosis and neuromuscular disorders.
Ally Cares
Ally Cares is a UK care technology startup focused on improving night-time care in residential care homes. Its technology aims to help care teams move away from routine, scheduled checks towards a needs-based approach, allowing staff to respond when residents actually require assistance. The company’s AI-powered resident monitoring system uses 
sound and motion sensors to monitor activity in residents’ rooms without relying on cameras or wearable devices. The innovation was designed to reduce unnecessary disruption during the night, while giving care staff greater insight into residents’ wellbeing.
The Ally Resident Monitor consists of a Wi-Fi-connected acoustic monitoring device and a mobile app for care staff. It uses machine learning to identify changes in a resident’s normal patterns, such as waking, calling for help, unusual restlessness, coughing, or signs of discomfort, and is able to alert staff when intervention might be needed. Ally also offers management dashboards, care record integrations, and reporting tools to help care homes understand patterns in residents’ sleep and activity. The company has published case studies which report improvements in sleep, reductions in falls and hospital admissions, and more time for staff to spend on direct, person-centred care.
Kalogon
Kalogon is a US assistive technology startup that has developed smart seating technology for wheelchair users and others who spend extended periods sitting. Its technology combines machine learning, pressure sensing, and air-cell technology to monitor how pressure is distributed across a user’s body and automatically adjusts the cushion in response to movement and changes in the surrounding environment. The aim is to improve comfort and positioning while helping to maintain blood flow and support skin integrity.
Its main products include Orbiter, a connected smart wheelchair cushion that automatically redistributes support away from higher-risk pressure areas. Users and clinicians could also personalise pressure settings through the Kalogon app, with the cushion able to adapt as the user moves, leans, or changes position. Kalogon also developed Orbiter Med, a custom cushion designed around an individual’s measurements and clinical requirements and coded for Medicare reimbursement, alongside Booster, a controller that could be attached to compatible single-cell air cushions to monitor and maintain their pressure. The company has also explored applications for its seating technology beyond wheelchairs, including use in vehicles and other environments that involve sitting for long periods of time.
GyroGear
UK‑based startup GyroGear has developed a wearable glove that mechanical
ly stabilises hand tremors associated with conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor.
The startup’s technology, dubbed GyroGlove, uses advanced stabilisation technology to combat hand tremors. The glove uses gyroscopic physics, containing a spinning weighted rotor that naturally resists any tremors in the hands, which push back against unwanted movement.
The tremors, therefore, get dampened, providing immediate stabilisation in milliseconds. The product is designed for real-life use, offering a non-invasive solution to enhance control, precision, and independence.
GyroGear was founded in 2016 by Dr Faii Ong, a medical doctor and biomedical innovator. He invented GyroGlove when he observed a 103-year-old patient struggling to feed themselves due to hand tremors.
Ong has a medical degree from Imperial College London and has also conducted research at Harvard Medical School and Harvard’s MIT Science and Technology division.
The startup has been recognised by various tremor-focused charities such as Parkinson’s UK and the International Essential Tremor Foundation. GyroGear has raised a total of $4.3m across three funding rounds, with investors including Foxconn Electronics and Fidelium Group.
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