poimo: Portable and Inflatable Mobility Devices Customizable for Personal Physical Characteristics

Authors: Ryuma Niiyama, Hiroki Sato, Kazzmasa Tsujimura, Koya Narumi, Young ah Seong, Ryosuke Yamamura, Yasuaki Kakehi, Yoshihiro Kawahara DOI: (will become available on around Oct. 6, 2020) Conference: The 33rd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST2020) DOI: Abstract: Despite the recent growth in popularity of personal mobility devices (e.g., e-scooters and e-skateboards), they still suffer from limited safety and narrow design form factors, due to their rigid structures. On the other hand, inflatable interfaces studied in human-computer interaction can achieve large volume change by simple inflation/deflation. Inflatable structure also offers soft and safe interaction owing to material compliance and diverse fabrication methods that lead to a wide range of forms and aesthetics. In this paper, we propose poimo, a new family of POrtable and Inflatable MObility devices, which con