Poimo

Conception, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Technical Direction, Programming

Date2019
Linkpoimo.jp
Category

poimoはパーソナルモビリティとソフトロボティクスの技術を組み合わた、人が持ち運べるくらい軽く、やわらかく安全で、どこでも乗り降り可能な新しい電動モビリティ。公共交通機関と目的地をシームレスにつなぐファーストマイル/ラストマイルを担うことを目的としている。インフレータブル構造によりボディを軽量化し、本用途に適したワイヤレス・バッテリーレス構造を無線給電グループと協力して開発している。

poimo is a new mobility combining personal mobility and soft robotics technology, which is soft, safe, and lightweight enough for people to carry. Users can ride it on and off anywhere. This mobility aims at supporting the first mile / last mile and connecting public transportation and destinations seamlessly. To reduce the weight of its body along with its inflatable structure, we have developed a wireless / battery-less powering system suitable for this mobility in cooperation with the wireless power transfer group.

 

Publication

H. Sato, Y. Seong, R. Yamamura, H. Hayashi, K. Hata, H. Ogata, R. Niiyama, and Y. Kawahara, “Soft yet Strong Inflatable Structures for a Foldable and Portable Mobility,” Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA’20), April, 2020, Hawaii, US, April 2020.

H. Sato, Y. Seong, R. Yamamura, H. Hayashi, K. Hata, H. Ogata, R. Niiyama, and Y. Kawahara, “Vision of Soft Mobility as a Portable and Inflatable Transportation Device,” 2020 CHI Workshop, April, 2020 (workshop cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic), Hawaii, US, April 2020.

 

Awards

Innovative Technologies 2021 Special Prize – Future Mobility-
ACM SIGGRAPH Award
DCAJ Chairman’s Award

東京大学情報理工学系研究科新山研究室, 工学系研究科川原研究室, mercari R4D, “poimo (ポイモ):空気でふくらむ人にやさしい電動モビリティ,” デジタルコンテンツ EXPO(DCEXPO)2021, November 17, 2021

 

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