A mobile object (1) includes a vehicle body (10), a grip attached to the vehicle body, a detector that detects a value of pressure applied to the grip by a user of the mobile object, a wheel system (30) for moving the vehicle body (10), a wheel driver that drives the wheel system (30), and a controller that controls the wheel driver as the user walks while holding onto the grip and that performs braking to decelerate a rotation speed of the wheel system (30) when the detected value of the detector satisfies a predetermined condition.
