Traditional circular walkers let toddlers move before their balance is ready, while push walkers demand real control from day one. GoKiddo builds on the push-walker format and adds sensing to close that safety gap.
Field visits to child health centres and secondary research into injury data told the same story: toppling, collisions with furniture, and uncontrolled speed remain almost entirely unaddressed by existing walkers on the market.
Ideation explored dozens of walker and scooter silhouettes before converging on a single frame that could hold both a walking handle and a seated ride mode, switched by the child's own weight and posture.
An ESP32-S3 reads a ToF distance sensor and a Hall-effect seat sensor to tell walking from riding, triggering servo brakes the instant an obstacle or a drop in balance is detected, all inside a single convertible frame.
