About Us

Mission - To enable access to Upper Limb Amputees to one of the best and India's first fully functional Bionic Hand, at an affordable price while keeping in mind the economic challenges of the developing world.

Driven by a vision to cater to the needs of the Indian & Global disabled populations of over 40 million, with an Indian alternative to serve and democratize the assistive-technology industry, 23 social and tech enthusiasts came together to form Makers Hive in 2018.

We were inspired by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, whose ideals guided our thinking towards developing cutting-edge assistive technology to address the current socio-economic issues that the populace in developing countries like India faces.

By creating a fully functioning and mobile app-enabled Bionic Hand-KalArm®, named in the honor of Dr. Kalam, Makers Hive aims to transform persons with amputations from Being Disabled to Being Futuristically Abled.

Numbers speak

40

Team Members

28

Months of Product Journey

14

   IPRs

02

Versions Of Hand

KalArm®  in Action

Affordable Aide from Future: KalArm®

“Create, Improvise, Adapt”

We present to you, KalArm®-India’s first fully functional Bionic Hand, with 18 pre-defined grips and bespoke aesthetics. Designed and Developed in Hyderabad, India, KalArm® is a 3D-printed, EMG sensors embedded, lightweight, and affordable bionic hand, targeted at both National and Global markets of persons with Upper-limb Below-Elbow Amputations, that can give India an edge to become globally competitive in the Prosthetics Industry.

KalArm® is available with a forearm socket tailor-made for each user, along with the option to also customize the colors of the outer shells/panels to the user’s own liking.

We, at Makers Hive, believe that the Health-Tech industry needs to be ‘transformed’ rather than ‘reformed’. The key to this transformation is to ‘personalize’ rather than ‘standardize’ the Prosthetics Sector, and hence KalArm®–a disruptive product for the genesis of a new era-is Our Solution!

Kal-Sapiens

On a mission to maximize human potential and produce the first Kal-Sapiens for a better tomorrow, by passing the baton from Being Disabled to Becoming Futuristically Abled…

Product Features

2850 mAh
Battery

Easy rechargeable on fit battery. The percentage of charge can be viewed on the KalAssist® Mobile Application.

Firmware
Update

No more queuing up for updates, as we bring you Over-the-Air Device Updates.

Lifting
Capacity

Our product equips the user with the capability to lift up to 8 kilograms of weight effortlessly.

Pre-Defined
Grips

A diverse range of 18 gripping positions to equip the user with unhindered agility.

Custom
Grips

6 user-customizable grips to achieve patterns tailored to personal preferences

Colour
Customization

Designed to meet the needs and expectations to the liking of every user.

Performance
Monitoring

Monitoring the health of the battery, the functioning of the sensors, and the motors through the Mobile Application.

Android &
iOS Support

Provides access to various features when connected via Bluetooth.

Our team

Pranav Vempati

PRANAV VEMPATI

Founder, CEO
Chanakya Gone

CHANAKYA GONE

CTO

Patronage

Dr T Ramasami

“Home grown innovations or inventions are what we need to make the nation globally competitive and I appreciate the Makers Hive team for serving the means to an end.”

Mr. David Riemer

“Of all the start-ups that I’d visited, Makers Hive stood out to be the coolest by far and request the team to keep up the artistic culture of innovation and creativity at the workplace.”

Dr Soumya Swaminathan

“Appreciate Makers Hive team for addressing the affordability concern of health-tech devices offering cutting-edge features and devising a product by understanding economic challenges of the developing world.”

Mr. Venkaiah Naidu

“It’s great to see a team of young minds coming together to solve social problems and bringing entrepreneurial spirit for the development of nation.”

User Testimonials

KalArm® is my first-ever bionic arm. I feel elevated to use it! Earlier, people would look oddly at my disability, but now people are attracted to me and are curious to know about my ‘Cool Hand’. Earlier, most of my elders would discourage me from performing any holy or religious rituals with my left hand, but now nobody can stop me.
Sai Abhilash
I feel more confident with the KalArm.Its the simple activities that could end up becoming biggest obstacles.Thanks to Makers Hive offering multiple grip patterns I can now use constious modes with ease to cater my daily needs.
Sridhar
I have been able to test multiple grips like the pinch, power, and handshake, which allows me to greet people and hold a bottle. I can’t wait for the day when I'll finally be able to pick my daughter up with both my hands.
Gayatri