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04winnerJul 2025

Healius / PhysioBuddy

Won a hackathon with 150 people. Built an AI physical therapy companion that watches you exercise through your phone camera, detects your pose in real-time with VitPose, and coaches you on form. No more guessing if you're doing it right.

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The Problem

Physical therapy exercises are hard to do correctly at home. Bad form means wasted time or injury. Most people can't afford regular PT visits.

What We Built

An AI companion that:

  • Watches you through your phone camera
  • Detects your pose in real-time using VitPose
  • Coaches you on form with voice feedback
  • Tracks progress over time

    • The Hackathon

    150 participants. We won. Built the whole thing in 24 hours.

    Tech Stack

  • VitPose transformer model for pose detection
  • iOS Swift app for camera feed
  • Python backend for AI processing
  • Voice synthesis for real-time coaching
    • healius / physiobuddy04