Space-Saving Gym Machine Adapts to Your Age and Ability

Home gyms – they’re great, but not a lot of folks have the space for them. Getting all the equipment needed to work out each muscle group takes a lot of money and room, so if you can have one machine that does just about everything, that’s ideal – and that’s what Humanics is offering with SEGYM, with an AI twist.

At first glance, SEGYM looks like a teched up squat bar, but there’s a lot more going on here. SEGYM can apply up to 660 pounds of resistance without the use of plates or free weights, and the bar (their 3D Barbell) can move in all directions, not just straight up and down. That means you can use SEGYM for many weight training exercises, from squats to bicep curls. They’ve even tuned tactile feedback to mimic the feeling of doing those exercises with traditional weights. And if that was all, SEGYM would be useful, but nothing groundbreaking.

Where things get exciting is the mirror touch display and Humanics’ software, which can provide workout feedback and advice. Using AI, SEGYM can take data from the bar and cameras to detect how the lifter’s body is reacting to the current weight load.

From there, the software will help develop a personalized strength training plan – how much weight, how many sets, and how often to optimize progression to heavier weights. It’ll get there safely, too, with injury risk assessment built into the software. SEGYM can also pick up on range of motion limitations and strength imbalances between left and right, and adjust its recommendations accordingly.

That feedback will also be based on personal data like age – SEGYM will adjust its recommendations based on the individual user and their level of ability.

SEGYM was built from CEO Jungsu Choi’s work in robotic prosthetics and exoskeletons, which used to help folks with different levels of paralysis regain mobility. Humanics isn’t straying too far from those origins – SEGYM will be used in South Korea’s Paralympic training center.

Humanics is eager to push the limits of what they can accomplish with machine learning and AI. In the future, they’re hoping to develop a way for SEGYM to predict injury recovery times, which could make the machine even more useful in physical therapy clinics and rehab centers. SEGYM could also become more adept at gauging and helping to improve form for each exercise, ensuring users are lifting safely.

And while PT clinics, gyms, and rehab centers will be a big source of business for Humanics, they also have machines for home gyms. Their high-end product can generate 300 kg (or about 660 pounds) of resistance, but they also have one that can generate half that amount, which will be cheaper and more practical for most folks.

Humanics will be at CES 2025 this coming January in Las Vegas.

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