Genny: the self-balancing two-wheel wheelchair
MICROingranaggi alongside Genny Factory for revolutionary mobility
The Genny project was born from a concrete need: improving the mobility of those who, like its founder Paolo Badano, live every day in a wheelchair. The idea started in 2009, inspired by the technology of the Segway PT, the famous self-balancing two-wheel vehicle.
After an initial development based on this technology, in 2018 — with the expiration of the Segway patents — Genny Factory decided to rethink everything from scratch, internally developing its own self-balancing platform and initiating collaborations with specialized companies for the various components.
MICROingranaggi’s contribution
Among the partners, MICROingranaggi is responsible for designing and manufacturing the cascade gear reducer, a fundamental part of Genny’s transmission. The motor operates at 8,000 rpm, but the wheels require a 24:1 speed reduction — a challenge that demands precision, reliability, and quiet operation.
Thanks to this collaboration, Genny was able to improve performance compared to the original technology, achieving a smoother and higher-performing transmission. The gearbox also plays a crucial role in safety, being the only non-redundant component in a system designed to ensure maximum reliability.
Innovation and collaboration
Today, Genny Factory fully owns its self-balancing technology, with six new patents and a project that is twenty years more advanced than the original version. This result was made possible thanks to the synergy between different skills: a network of Italian companies, including MICROingranaggi, which made possible one of the most advanced vehicles in the world of self-balancing two-wheel mobility.