Smart Lifts for Smart Homes: Inovance’s Automated Mobility Solutions

This article was first published in the EWI Issue-6 2025 of Elevator World India Magazine

Mr Subramania Bharathiyar, Elevator Product Head, Inovance Technology India

As cities continue to grow vertically and urban spaces become more compact, the concept of mobility within buildings is being reimagined. Niche elevator applications such as automated car parking systems, chair lifts, and home elevators are transforming the way people experience convenience, accessibility, and safety in multi-story environments. Once considered a luxury, these systems are now increasingly viewed as essential features that enhance both functionality and comfort in modern living spaces.

Redefining Accessibility and Modern Comfort

The evolution of home lifts and chair lifts has made multi-level living not only more convenient but also more inclusive. These systems are designed to provide seamless vertical movement for individuals across all age groups, especially benefiting elderly residents and those with reduced mobility. By eliminating the physical strain and potential hazards of staircases, home lifts promote independence and safety, ensuring effortless movement between floors.

Modern home lifts are designed with features that enhance both usability and comfort. Automatic door systems enabled with multi-beam grid of infrared light to protect the entire height and width of the elevator door opening make entry and exit safer and easier, while soft start and stop functions ensure a smooth and jerk-free ride with advanced control system. Voice-assisted operation and floor announcements improve convenience, and the inclusion Tactile and Braille floor call buttons and wider doors enables accessibility for users with visual or mobility challenges. Together, these innovations make home lifts a reliable and empathetic addition to residential spaces — merging style, comfort, and practicality.

Automated Wheelchairs

Automated elevating wheelchairs include safety features such as intelligent collision avoidance systems, anti-tip wheels, and reliable braking systems to prevent accidents. Other safety measures include seatbelts and harnesses, speed control, and anti-skid flooring for the lifting platform.

Safety, Security, and Smart Control for Home lifts

Safety remains the cornerstone of elevator engineering, and this is especially true for residential and niche applications. Inovance Technology’s elevator solutions are built with multiple safety redundancies to ensure peace of mind for every home lift user. The systems incorporate overload detection and protection to prevent excessive weight risks, door interlock mechanisms that restrict movement unless doors are properly closed, and ARD automatic rescue devices that safely bring the cabin to the nearest floor in the event of a power failure.

Advanced braking and speed monitoring systems prevent overspeeding, while safety gear, buffers, and emergency alarms ensure complete passenger protection. These technologies make modern elevators safer and secure than staircases, particularly in households with elderly individuals or children. Additionally, battery-backed emergency operation ensures safe exit of passengers’ and even continuous service even during power interruptions, reflecting Inovance’s commitment to reliability and user safety under all conditions.

Automated Car Parking – Intelligent Utilisation of Space

The increasing scarcity of parking areas in urban environments has led to the rapid adoption of automated car parking systems. These intelligent systems make use of advanced drive and control technologies to store and retrieve vehicles efficiently with minimal human intervention. 

Car parking elevator solutions use automated or semi-automated mechanical systems to vertically stack vehicles, maximizing parking density and saving space in urban or confined areas

By leveraging Inovance’s elevator solutions, car parking elevator solution helps multi-level building exclusive build for car parking for the commercial building and high-rise residential apartments. The system senses and prioritise car movement of FIFO basis. This helps to reduce the space constrains and allows to utilize the maximum area for car parking.  While the system ensuring the highest safety, it allows provide more flexible and easy operation for the user to park their vehicle at designated floors.

Inovance’s elevator solutions bring accuracy, reliability, and efficiency to these systems. The integration of high-performance drives and controllers ensures smooth, safe, and energy-efficient operation, enabling developers to design parking structures that are both space-efficient and user-friendly. In modern residential complexes, commercial buildings, and premium real estate projects, automated parking has become a symbol of technological advancement and smart space management.

Inovance Technology – Driving Smart Mobility for Niche Segments

Inovance Technology provides cutting-edge drive and control systems that power the next generation of vertical mobility.  NICE series integrated elevator solutions, ME320LN, MD500L, and a dedicated AFE (Active Front End) solution used for energy regeneration, designed for home lift and Car parking elevator solution with exclusive features, offering a compact footprint, smooth ride comfort, and outstanding energy efficiency. The drive’s built-in safety features and battery-backed rescue operation guarantee reliable performance and safety during unexpected power outages.

For more demanding applications, NICE series integrated elevator solutions support traction-type elevators, known for their superior reliability, quiet operation, and low energy consumption. Traction systems offer a refined riding experience with long service life, making them ideal for both residential and small commercial installations. 

Future of Vertical Mobility – Smart, Safe, and Sustainable

The future of vertical transportation lies in the integration of smart technology, safety, and sustainability. As architectural design embraces vertical expansion, home lifts, chair lifts, and automated parking systems will become even more critical in creating inclusive and efficient spaces. IoT-based monitoring, predictive maintenance, and energy recovery technologies are already shaping the next wave of intelligent elevators that optimise both performance and user experience.

Inovance Technology continues to drive this evolution by developing solutions that blend automation expertise with environmental consciousness. By prioritising energy efficiency, system reliability, and passenger safety, Inovance is helping shape the future of urban mobility — where every lift, every movement, and every experience is smarter, safer, and more accessible.