Publications

ACM TEI2024

FabRobotics: FabRobotics: Fusing 3D Printing with Mobile Robots to Advance Fabrication, Robotics, and Interaction

Ramarko Bhattacharya*, Jonathan Lindstrom*, Ahmad Taka*, Martin Nisser, Stefanie Mueller, Ken Nakagaki

ACM TEI2024 Studio

[e]Motion: Designing Expressive Movement in Robots and Actuated Tangible User Interfaces

Vali Lalioti, Ken Nakagaki, Ramarko Bhattacharya, Yasuaki Kakehi

ACM DIS2023

Physica: Interactive Tangible Physics Simulation based on Tabletop Mobile Robots Towards Explorable Physics Education

Jiatong Li, Ryo Suzuki, Ken Nakagaki

ACM TEI2023

Xs: Interactive Scissor Mechanisms as Portable and Customizable Shape-Changing Interfaces

Vasco Xu, and Ken Nakagaki

ACM CHI2023

AeroRigUI: Actuated TUIs for Spatial Interaction using Rigging Swarm Robots on Ceilings in Everyday Space

Lilith Yu*, Chenfeng (Jesse) Gao*, David Wu, Ken Nakagaki

ACM CHI2023

ThrowIO: Actuated TUIs that Facilitate “Throwing and Catching” Spatial Interaction with Overhanging Mobile Wheeled Robots

Ting-Han (Timmy) Lin, Willa Yunqi Yang, Ken Nakagaki

ACM UIST2022

Sketched Reality: Sketching Bi-Directional Interactions Between Virtual and Physical Worlds with AR and Actuated Tangible UI

Hiroki Kaimoto, Kyzyl Monteiro, Mehrad Faridan, Jiatong Li, Samin Farajian, Yasuaki Kakehi, Ken Nakagaki, and Ryo Suzuki

ACM UIST2022 SIC

ShadowAstro: Levitating Constellation Silhouette for SpatialExploration and Learning

Jiatong Li, Chenfeng Gao, and Ken Nakagaki

ACM CHI2022

(Dis)Appearables: A Concept and Method for Actuated Tangible UIs to Appear and Disappear based on Stages

Ken Nakagaki, Jordan L Tappa, Yi Zheng, Jack Forman, Joanne Leong, Sven Koenig and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM TEI2021

inDepth: Force-based Interaction with Objects beyond A Physical Barrier

Takatoshi Yoshida, Junichi Ogawa, Kyung Yun Choi, Sanad Bushnaq, Ken Nakagaki and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2021

OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’

Ozgun Kilic, Ali Shtarbanov, Hila Mor, Ken Nakagaki, Jack Forman, Karen Modrei, Seung Hee Jeong, Klas Hjort, Kristina Höök, and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2020 Case Study

KI/OSK: Practice Study of Load Sensitive Board for Farmers Market

Yoshino, Koichi; Yoshida, Takatoshi; Sasaki, Yo; Shen, Xiaoyan; Nakagaki, Ken; Ishii, Hiroshi;

ACM TEI2020

TRANS-DOCK: Expanding the interactivity of pin-based shape displays by docking mechanical transducers

Ken Nakagaki, Yingda (Roger) Liu, Chloe Nelson-Arzuaga and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2020

Venous Materials: Towards Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms

Hila Mor, Yu Tianyu, Ken Nakagaki, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM TEI2020 WiP

WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2020 Doctoral Symposium

Mechanical Shells: Physical Add-ons for Extending and Reconfiguring the Interactivities of Actuated TUIs

Ken Nakagaki

ACM UIST 2020

HERMITS: Dynamically Reconfiguring the Interactivity of Self-Propelled TUIs with Mechanical Shell Add-ons

Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Jordan L Tappa, Joao Henrique Wilbert and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM TEI2020 Studio

Prototyping Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms

Mor, Hila; Nakagaki, Ken; Tianyu, Yu; Miller, Benjamin Harvey; Jia, Yichen; Ishii, Hiroshi;

ACM TEI2019

inFORCE: Bi-directional 'Force' Shape Display for Haptic Interaction

Ken Nakagaki, Daniel Fitzgerald, Zhiyaho (John) Ma, Luke Vink, Daniel Levine, Clark Della Silva and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2019

SCALE: Enhancing Force-based Interaction by Processing Load Data from Load Sensitive Modules

Takatoshi Yoshida, Xiaoyan Shen, Tal Achituv, Koichi Yoshino, Ken Nakagaki and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2018 Video Showcase

Programmable droplets for interaction

Udayan Umapathi, Patrick Shin, Ken Nakagaki, Samantha Chin, Tina Xu, Janice Gu, Will Walker, Daniel Leithinger and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2018 Poster

reMi: Translating Ambient Sounds of Moment into Tangible and Shareable Memories through Animated Paper

Kyung Yun Choi, Darle Shinsato, Shane Zhang, Ken Nakagaki, and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2018

Force jacket: Pneumatically-actuated jacket for embodied haptic experiences

Alexandra Delazio, Ken Nakagaki, Roberta Klatzky, Scott E. Hudson, Jill F. Lehman and Alanson Sample

ACM DIS2017

AnimaStage: hands-on animated craft on pin-based shape displays

Ken Nakagaki, Udayan Umapathi, Daniel Leithinger and Hiroshi Ishii

IEEE Pervasive Computing 2017

Designing line-based shape-changing interfaces

Ken Nakagaki, Sean Follmer, Artem Dementyev, Joseph A Paradiso, and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2016

ChainFORM: a linear integrated modular hardware system for shape changing interfaces

Ken Nakagaki, Artem Dementyev, Sean Follmer, Joseph A. Paradiso and Hiroshi Ishii

M.S. Thesis (MIT)

LineFORM: designing interactions with actuated curve interfaces

Ken Nakagaki

ACM TEI2016 WiP

Hydromorph: Shape changing water membrane for display and interaction

Ken Nakagaki, Pasquale Totaro, Jim Peraino, Thariq Shihipar, Chantine Akiyama, Yin Shuang, Anthony Stuart and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2016

Materiable: Rendering dynamic material properties in response to direct physical touch with shape changing interfaces

Ken Nakagaki, Luke Vink, Jared Counts, Daniel Windham, Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI2016 LBW

Linked-stick: Conveying a physical experience using a shape-shifting stick

Ken Nakagaki, Chikara Inamura, Pasquale Totaro, Thariq Shihipar, Chantine Akiyama, Yin Shuang and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM CHI 2015 Video Showcase

TRANSFORM as Adaptive and Dynamic Furniture

Luke Vink, Viirj Kan, Ken Nakagaki, Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Philipp Schoessler, Amit Zoran and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM UIST2016

LineFORM: Actuated curve interfaces for display, interaction, and constraint

Ken Nakagaki, Sean Follmer and Hiroshi Ishii

ACM SIGGRAPH2014 Posters

metamoCrochet: augmenting crocheting with bi-stable color changing inks

Momoko Okazaki, Ken Nakagaki, and Yasuaki Kakehi

ACM CHI2014 Interactivity

COMP* PASS: A compass-based drawing interface

Ken Nakagaki and Yasuaki Kakehi

ACE 2013

Petanko Roller: A VR system with a rolling-pin haptic interface for entertainment

Ken Nakagaki, Keina Konno, Shuntaro Tashiro, Ayaka Ikezawa, Yusaku Kimura, Masaru Jingi and Yasuaki Kakehi

ACM UIST2012 Posters

Needle user interface: a sewing interface using layered conductive fabrics

Ken Nakagaki and Yasuaki Kakehi

ACM SIGGRAPH2011 Posters

SonalShooter: a spatial augmented reality system using handheld directional speaker with camera

Ken Nakagaki and Yasuaki Kakehi