Inclusive scale.
A scale that includes everyone when it comes to weighing.
Emilia, a blind woman, was the inspiration. Today more people with disabilities use it: those who cannot see and those who do not understand numbers.
Finalists, Premios Innovamos 2026
A partnership between non-profit organizations, the State, international cooperation and companies.
Continuous improvement
Engineering
Users
Donated the scale
Japanese cooperation
Hardware
With the right support,
every one of us can.
Weighing without depending on someone else is autonomy. And autonomy is dignity.
Weighing depended on reading a screen. Many people could not do it.
Today, people who could not weigh before do it on their own.
Simple to use. For everyone.
Touch keyboard or Braille, guided by voice, colors and symbols.
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Enter the weight
With the touch keyboard or the Braille one. The scale repeats it out loud.
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- Add more
- Take some out
- Right weight
Weigh
Colors and voice tell you if it needs more or if you went over.
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Done!
When the weight is right, it tells you with voice and music.
“Nothing about us without us.”
The autonomy and integrity of people with disabilities are the starting point. That is why every prototype was developed together with them: they tested it, gave their opinion and asked for improvements. Technology makes sense when it serves people. Never the other way around.
From knowing nothing about sensors to a product.
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The question
A JICA scholarship in Japan and one project: helping Emilia weigh on her own.
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The prototype
A tray, some wires and a version to validate the idea.
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Testing
At Granja Andar they asked for more speed, clarity and louder sounds.
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The product
INTI turned it into a robust and safe product.
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Today
In use at the Granja. And we are going for 10 more.
Three keys.
Teamwork
Granja Andar, INTI, SAMECO, JICA, Moretti and M5Stack. Each one brought what the others did not have.
Continuous improvement
Test, listen to the people who use it, adjust. And start again.
Technology
Sensors, voice and artificial intelligence, serving people.
10 scales for 10 sheltered workshops.
We build them and donate them. Each one opens up a task that used to be only for others.
Build it yourself.
Technical report, drawings and assembly guide. To use it or to sell it. Creative Commons license.
Go to the kitAn inclusive workstation, ready to go.
For weighing and counting tasks. Equipment, workstation adaptation and support.
See the offerNobody did it alone.
- Emilia, Paula and the whole Granja Andar teamUsers: they tested every prototype and asked for the improvements
- María Belén MontaldoVice President, SAMECO
- Morena DiezProductive Ventures Coordinator, Andar
- Martín LuceroLegal representative, Asociación Civil Andar
- Gustavo EscuderoHead of Electronic Systems Validation Dept., INTI
- Néstor MariñoElectronics Engineer, INTI
- Martín LunaElectronics Engineer, INTI
- Alejandrina VignaDirector of Digital Transformation, INTI
- Franco StranoOperations Manager, SAMECO
Acknowledgements
- Satoshi KomatsuDigital Kaizen expert, JPC
- María Eugenia LagierTechnical Director of Management Technologies, INTI
- Raúl LuceroDirector, Asociación Civil Andar
- Zulma SosaDirector, Asociación Civil Andar
And to everyone at SAMECO, JICA, INTI and Granja Andar who drives projects like this one.
Let’s talk.
Follow the project on Instagram: @balanzainclusiva