MobiLimb - Augmenting Mobile Devices with a Robotic Limb

Explore the innovative MobiLimb technology in this 21-minute conference talk from the ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Discover how this small 5-DOF serial robotic manipulator attaches to mobile devices, overcoming their static limitations while preserving form factor and I/O capabilities. Learn about its potential applications as a tool, partner, and medium, offering tangible affordances, expressive control, reactive assistance, and rich haptic feedback. Gain insights into how MobiLimb can enhance user engagement, provide tactile stimuli, and convey emotions during multimodal communications. Presented by researchers Marc Teyssier, Gilles Bailly, Catherine Pelachaud, and Eric Lecolinet, this talk delves into the interaction space of augmented mobile devices with robotic limbs.