Proof of Concept as a Multidisciplinary Design-Based Approach

Paderno, Diego; Bodini, Ileana; Villa, Valerio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31154-4_53

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“…the possibility to demonstrate the progress of the product development process. Another point of view about the roles of prototypes is provided by Paderno et al [32], who mention "Design, Representation, Experimentation and Communication". However, other roles have been identified by scholars, concerning more detailed aspects related to physical hardware or even focusing on educational aspects [33].…”

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Usefulness of prototypes in conceptual design: students’ view

Carfagni

Fiorineschi

Furferi

et al. 2020

Int J Interact Des Manuf

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Planning prototyping strategies for conceptual design purposes is a crucial activity, which needs a clear understanding of the potentialities of the different typologies of prototype. Therefore, to prepare future designers, it is very important to provide the required information in design-related academic courses. However, prototypes and prototyping activities are often taught in specific courses with a major emphasis on the underpinning technologies, but with limited attention on design implications, especially about the fuzzy-front-end of the design process. The work presented in this paper aims at investigating about how students perceive the usefulness of prototypes during conceptual design activities, in order to provide first indications about the gap to be filled. To this purpose, two classes of students participated to an experimental session, and were asked to perform a conceptual design task individually. Subsequently, they participated to an on-line survey developed to gather information about the perceived usefulness of prototypes, in relation to the performed conceptual design activity. Several findings have been obtained from this work, but maybe the most impacting one concerns the different consideration that the two samples of students had about the fidelity of prototypes. Indeed, differently from what recently highlighted in current literature, it emerged that engineering students preferred low-fidelity prototypes. However, other unexpected evidences have been found, which highlight that at least for the considered institution, students still lack a comprehensive understanding of the design-related potentialities of prototypes.

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Section: The Roles Of Prototypesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Usefulness of prototypes in conceptual design: students’ view

Carfagni

Fiorineschi

Furferi

et al. 2020

Int J Interact Des Manuf

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“…Critical aspects of the current solution are taken into account and possible human-centered designed solutions are proposed to simply operations, to reduce the stress conditions of the operators and to minimize the time for these operations. A human-centered designed proof of concept device of these possible solutions has been realized [7].…”

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Proof of Concept Experience in the SPES Experiment: First Solutions for Potentiometers Replacement in System Maintenance

Paderno

Bodini

Zenoni

et al. 2021

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

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SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) is a large facility, currently under advanced construction at the INFN-LNL (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro) for the production of Radioactive Ion Beams (RIBs). Coordinated efforts are being dedicated to the development and upgrading of both the accelerator complex and the up-to-date experimental set-ups. This paper describes a work of upgrading as far as the inspection and maintenance of the system is concerned, and it deals with human-centered design methods to reduce the time spent in the radioactive environment of the facility during ordinary maintenance operations and to simplify them, also considering stress conditions of the operator and the mandatory wearable radiation protection devices (such as tracksuit, gloves, oxygen tank mask) which make simple operations difficult.

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“…At this stage, a list of features to be investigated was made, suitable itinerary and paths to highlight each feature were chosen, and qualitative experimental field tests were performed. Consequently, the design of the prototype has been modified according to these first experimental results, to improve the wheelchair tested characteristics, in line with the proof-of-concept method adopted in our laboratory [18,19]. The prototype was returned to the workshop where it is undergoing modifications.…”

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Prototyping, Testing, and Redesign of a Three-Wheel Trekking Wheelchair for Accessible Tourism Applications

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This work is part of the project called “Gölem project”, started in 2017, about special devices developed to enable the so-called Accessible Tourism. This project aims to design and develop a trekking wheelchair for people with impaired mobility. After an initial phase of design and prototyping, the testing phase has now begun. The objective is to validate several aspects of the design, concerning basic kinematics and dynamics, passenger comfort and physical effort of the carriers. This paper describes the development of qualitative tests for drivability and balance validation of this first prototype. At this stage, a list of features to be investigated was made, suitable trekking paths were chosen, and qualitative experimental field tests were performed. Then, the design of the prototype was modified according to these first experimental results, to improve the wheelchair characteristics. The prototype is now undergoing the modification phase, then further testing will be performed with the use of specific instrumental devices to evaluate the wheelchair itself and to perform the kinematic, dynamical, and comfort characterization.

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Proof of Concept as a Multidisciplinary Design-Based Approach

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Usefulness of prototypes in conceptual design: students’ view

Usefulness of prototypes in conceptual design: students’ view

Proof of Concept Experience in the SPES Experiment: First Solutions for Potentiometers Replacement in System Maintenance

Prototyping, Testing, and Redesign of a Three-Wheel Trekking Wheelchair for Accessible Tourism Applications

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