MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531129681 A) filed by Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Dec. 20, 2025, for 'ai-assisted smart wheelchair with voice, gesture, and remote navigation.'

Inventor(s) include Koushik Pal; Anurima Majumdar; Antara Ghosal; Sunit Jana; Ahana Sen; and Suman Pramanik.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A smart wheelchair system that enables adaptive multi-modal control for users with diverse mobility and speech capabilities is disclosed. The wheelchair integrates voice recognition, a gesture module comprising flex ...