Gymnasio

Gymnasio is an Italian company that develops Postura (also presented as Postura Ergonomics), an AI system that converts video of workers at their workstations into ergonomic risk assessments. Users record a workstation with a smartphone camera through the company's app and upload the footage to the cloud; the software analyses posture, movement and loads to produce a workstation risk score, then returns targeted suggestions for reducing risk. Results are reviewed, edited and turned into reports through a web dashboard with AI-assisted report generation. The company states that no wearables or additional hardware are required.

The platform bundles industry-recognised ergonomic assessment protocols, covering both regulatory audits and LEAN cycle-time optimisation, and the company offers to add further protocols on request. It positions the product for use across multiple plants within a single organisation, so that assessments are standardised between sites, and markets speed gains in ergonomic and time-and-motion analysis alongside injury reduction.

The company began with a different product: a consumer-facing virtual personal trainer using a 3D camera and AI to correct movement and posture, track progress and give real-time feedback during home workouts. That device was prototyped starting from the Pepper humanoid robot and later reworked into a more compact form for home use, with a planned subscription model, and was also offered as a plug-and-play solution running on a device webcam for fitness and yoga.

Founding story

The founding team of five engineers and designers under 30 from Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino met through the Alta Scuola Politecnica and the SEI Turin 'Pioneer' programme, in a project carried out with Sprint Reply and supervised by professors Barbara Caputo and Cesare Alippi. Daniele Gusmini, an alumnus of automation and control engineering, is CEO and co-founder. The initial aim was to make safe, personalised training widely accessible and to address the home fitness market, which expanded during the pandemic.

Business model

Business-to-business software delivered as a smartphone recording app plus a cloud dashboard for analysis and report generation, sold through demo requests on the company site. In its earlier consumer fitness form, the product was intended to reach the market via a subscription.

Traction

Listed at 11-50 employees. The site carries testimonials attributed to an ergonomist in Bergamo, a safety manager in Milan and an RSPP in Modena. In its earlier phase the fitness device remained at prototype stage.