Miyu Fukuoka

Buoyancé: Reeling Helium-Inflated Balloons with Mobile Robots on the Ground for Mid-Air Tangible Display, Interaction, and Assembly

We introduce a novel approach to spatially actuated tangible UI by controlling helium-inflated balloons (HIBs) in mid-air using mobile reeling robots, named ReelBots. With a relatively compact device form factor, the robots can manipulate HIBs in an extensive vertical range, reaching relatively high altitudes (20m or…