AI imaging and motion analysis research in development
Innovation Pipeline · Future Frameworks

Programmes built for
competitive funding.

Each programme below was developed for a competitive funding route and continues to evolve within the active innovation pipeline — from multimodal AI diagnostics to smart textiles that read force as light.

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Working Prototype

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INNOVATE UK

Multimodal AI

Multimodal AI DiagnosticsINNOVATE UK

MAI-KNEE™

Precision Motion Analysis with Anatomical Integration

Extends the clinically validated MAI Motion platform into a multi-modal diagnostic framework, combining AI-driven 3D motion analysis with anatomical MRI insight to generate interpretable digital biomarkers and enable earlier stratification of knee osteoarthritis. Architected for regulatory progression as a Class II medical device deployable on standard mobile devices.

Motion + MRI digital biomarkers on a Class II medical device pathway

Route

Smart Grants

Device

Class II

Platform

MAI Motion

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
INNOVATE UK

Surgical planning

Surgical Planning AIINNOVATE UK

S.M.A.R.T. KneeMotionAI™

Motion-Informed Intelligence for Personalised Knee Replacement

Brings real-world knee motion intelligence into replacement planning, capturing dynamic 3D movement with standard cameras to inform alignment and implant strategy. Introduces Real-Life Kinematic (RLK) insight, moving beyond mechanical and kinematic alignment by using functional motion data rather than static scans alone.

Real-Life Kinematic insight for implant alignment from standard cameras

Route

Smart Grants

Insight

Real-Life Kinematic

Capture

Standard Cameras

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
BIOMEDICAL CATALYST

Surgical planning

Surgical Planning AIBIOMEDICAL CATALYST

D.R.E.A.M. KneeAI™

Dynamic Intelligence for Knee Surgery

A surgical-planning research concept designed to bring real-world movement into the pre-operative assessment of knee replacement. Uses MAI Motion to derive a digital kinematic signature from markerless 3D capture and translate it into personalised alignment insight — an approach the programme describes as Real-Life Kinematic Alignment.

Digital kinematic signature for pre-operative planning, TRL 4 to 6 in 12 months

Route

Biomedical Catalyst

Duration

12 Months

TRL

4 → 6

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
NIHR i4i

Imaging intelligence

Imaging IntelligenceNIHR i4i

MAI-MRI™

Integrated AI for Early Knee Osteoarthritis Intelligence

Unites automated AI-based MRI biomarker extraction with markerless 3D motion analysis, connecting how the knee looks with how it behaves. Aims to identify early cartilage degeneration, detect biomechanical imbalance and stratify progression risk — reducing unnecessary MRI referrals and diagnostic delay.

MRI biomarkers fused with motion to cut unnecessary referrals, TRL 4 to 7

Route

NIHR i4i

TRL

4 → 7

Target

Early Knee OA

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
NIHR i4i

Multimodal AI

Multimodal AI · University of ExeterNIHR i4i

KneeMRI-MAI™

Multimodal AI for Structural–Functional Osteoarthritis Intelligence

Developed with AI researchers at the University of Exeter, bridging the structural–functional divide through deep-learning MRI segmentation and motion-derived biomarkers. A working prototype has demonstrated feasibility at TRL4, with development advancing toward a Class IIa medical device pathway.

Working prototype at TRL4 with the University of Exeter, Class IIa pathway

Route

NIHR i4i

Prototype

TRL4

Partner

Univ. of Exeter

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
BIOMEDICAL CATALYST

Multimodal AI

Digital Phenotyping · Actomed & Univ. of ExeterBIOMEDICAL CATALYST

MAI-KNEE™ Digital Phenotyping

Multimodal AI for Knee Osteoarthritis

An 18-month multimodal programme proposed by Actomed with the University of Exeter, designed to connect what the knee looks like on MRI with how it behaves in everyday movement. Combines AI-assisted cartilage and meniscal analysis with markerless motion to generate interpretable digital biomarkers for earlier stratification.

18-month digital phenotyping programme with Actomed and the University of Exeter

Route

Biomedical Catalyst

Duration

18 Months

Partner

Univ. of Exeter

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
RCSEd

Digital biomarkers

Surgical Science · RCSEdRCSEd

NUMWRS™

A Motion Waveform Rating Scale for Knee Stability

A proposed 12-month, non-interventional study for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, testing whether the n-u Motion Waveform Rating Scale — six named patterns read from markerless motion traces — corresponds to clinically meaningful differences in knee function and alignment behaviour.

Six waveform patterns tested against knee function over 12 months

Route

RCSEd

Duration

12 Months

Design

Non-Interventional

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
NIHR iFAST

Digital biomarkers

Digital Biomarkers · Univ. of ExeterNIHR iFAST

iFAST Motion Age

A Digital Biomarker for Multimorbidity Risk

A 12-month NIHR iFAST plan with the University of Exeter, asking whether Motion Age — an age-equivalent movement score derived from a sit-to-stand video — can predict elevated multimorbidity risk in adults with musculoskeletal conditions when benchmarked against the Clinical Frailty Scale.

Motion Age benchmarked against the Clinical Frailty Scale for multimorbidity risk

Route

NIHR iFAST

Duration

12 Months

Benchmark

Clinical Frailty Scale

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
GROWTH CATALYST

Multimodal AI

Multimodal AI · The Keep ClinicGROWTH CATALYST

KNEE-MotionMRI

Predictive AI for Early Knee Osteoarthritis Stratification

A six-month Keep Clinic feasibility programme proposed to Innovate UK Growth Catalyst, fusing smartphone motion analysis with MRI-derived structural features to stratify knee osteoarthritis before irreversible damage appears on imaging.

Smartphone motion plus MRI features to stratify knee OA before imaging damage

Route

Growth Catalyst

Duration

6 Months

Lead

The Keep Clinic

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
EIC ACCELERATOR

Multimodal AI

Deep Tech · Pan-EuropeanEIC ACCELERATOR

MRI-MAI™

Deep Tech Stratification of Musculoskeletal Disorders

An 18-month EIC Accelerator proposal to take the Reverse AI™ engine from validated prototype to CE-marked product, fusing motion biomarkers with machine-learning MRI analytics across a pan-European network in Italy, France, Türkiye and Romania.

Reverse AI™ engine from validated prototype to CE-marked product in 18 months

Route

EIC Accelerator

Duration

18 Months

Network

4 Countries

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme
UK–SOUTH KOREA CR&D

Smart textiles

Smart Textiles · Leeds, KAIST, INU & MCellUK–SOUTH KOREA CR&D

UK–Korea Smart Textiles

OLED Clothing for Whole-Limb Motion Analysis

A 30-month five-partner programme with the University of Leeds, KAIST, Incheon National University and MCell, embedding strain-triggered colour-change OLED into smart clothing so MAI Motion can read force as light across the whole limb rather than at fixed joint points.

Strain-triggered OLED clothing read as force by MAI Motion across the whole limb

Route

UK–Korea CR&D

Duration

30 Months

Partners

5

Submitted through a competitive funding route and still in development.View Programme

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