Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Location: Zoom via RESNA Learn
Save the date - Tech Tuesday with Doorbotics!
Join RESNA on June 23 at 3:00 PM EST for a Tech Tuesday webinar featuring Doorbotics.
Title: Theodoor: An Easy-Install Automatic Door Opener
Speakers: Dr. Jeff Ackerman, Co-Founder & CEO, Doorbotics and Sevy Swift, Co-Founder & COO, Doorbotics
Abstract: Door access remains a daily barrier for many wheelchair users, people with mobility limitations, and older adults who want to live independently. Doorbotics is developing Theodoor, a robotic door opener that installs in minutes, making standard residential doors automatic without permanent door or frame modifications. This session will introduce the door-access problem, show how Theodoor unlatches and opens a door using a key fob, app, or smart-home trigger, and discuss how lower-cost, portable door automation can support aging in place, independent living, rehab clinics, and assistive technology lending programs.
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Dr. Jeff Ackerman
Co-Founder & CEO, Doorbotics
Dr. Jeff Ackerman is Co-Founder and CEO of Doorbotics. Dr. Jeff Ackerman is a Colorado School of Mines award winning teaching professor and holds a PHD in mechanical engineering from Purdue. He was the technical lead and winner on a $1.3M DOT Inclusive Design Challenge project and is NSF I-Corps trained.
Sevy Swift
Co-Founder & COO, Doorbotics
Sevy Swift is Co-Founder and COO of Doorbotics. Sevy has five years of experience at automation hardware startups, including Labrador Systems, helping move products from concept toward production. At Doorbotics, Sevy leads product, customer discovery, and commercialization for Theodoor.
About Doorbotics: Our mission is to remove barriers in the home. Theodoor attaches to your existing swing door and helps people open the door without waiting for help, without drilling, rewiring, or modifying the home.
