This project adressed by this paper was undertaken by two teams of undergraduate students in a Junior level design studio course within the School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The problem addressed by these students was identified and presented to the class by a local medical equipment manufacturer. In a brief that was provided to the class, the sponsor described the need for a reliable dispensing system for N-95 Masks to be used in the clinical environment. It had been observed that masks are typically stocked in open cartons or in improvised arrangements of repurposed baskets/containers that may be stacked on shelves or attached directly to walls. Since the industry sponsor offers a wall mounted rail system to provide equipment management in healthcare environments, it was expected that any design concept proposed be compatible with this proprietary system. The sponsor also made it clear that the use of electrical power in the design of dispensing mechanisms should be avoided so “smart” solutions were not explored in the course of this project.After being briefed on the problem and goals of the industry sponsor, students began with background research intended to help identify and understand the needs of various users, existing solutions, the use environment, as well as specific developmental requirements. Based on this preliminary research, students developed design goals and design criteria to guide subsequent development of conceptual design solutions. Aside from making the design ergonomic and user-friendly to operate, easy to manufacture, and aesthetically acceptable, the over-arching design objective of this project was the development of a design which (1) could be easily loaded directly from mask packaging; and (2) could reliably dispense masks with minimal failures (including failure to dispense, dispensing of multiple masks at a time, incomplete dispensing of masks and miscellaneous jams of the dispensing mechanisms). To achieve this goal, it was necessary for students to undertake a process of iterative prototyping and testing of their design concepts in order to fine tune design detailing and optimize functionality. This paper details the process of how iterative prototyping and testing was utilized by students to fine-tune their design concepts into reliable and user-friendly N-95 mask dispenser solutions. This effort was unique and educationally significant in that the typical design studio project results in conceptual solutions that seldom need to undergo such testing and refinement.
{"title":"Iterative Prototyping and Testing In The Development Of A Reliable And User-Friendly Dispensing Device For Medical Consumables","authors":"Young Mi Choi Ph.D., Wendell Wilson","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002009","url":null,"abstract":"This project adressed by this paper was undertaken by two teams of undergraduate students in a Junior level design studio course within the School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The problem addressed by these students was identified and presented to the class by a local medical equipment manufacturer. In a brief that was provided to the class, the sponsor described the need for a reliable dispensing system for N-95 Masks to be used in the clinical environment. It had been observed that masks are typically stocked in open cartons or in improvised arrangements of repurposed baskets/containers that may be stacked on shelves or attached directly to walls. Since the industry sponsor offers a wall mounted rail system to provide equipment management in healthcare environments, it was expected that any design concept proposed be compatible with this proprietary system. The sponsor also made it clear that the use of electrical power in the design of dispensing mechanisms should be avoided so “smart” solutions were not explored in the course of this project.After being briefed on the problem and goals of the industry sponsor, students began with background research intended to help identify and understand the needs of various users, existing solutions, the use environment, as well as specific developmental requirements. Based on this preliminary research, students developed design goals and design criteria to guide subsequent development of conceptual design solutions. Aside from making the design ergonomic and user-friendly to operate, easy to manufacture, and aesthetically acceptable, the over-arching design objective of this project was the development of a design which (1) could be easily loaded directly from mask packaging; and (2) could reliably dispense masks with minimal failures (including failure to dispense, dispensing of multiple masks at a time, incomplete dispensing of masks and miscellaneous jams of the dispensing mechanisms). To achieve this goal, it was necessary for students to undertake a process of iterative prototyping and testing of their design concepts in order to fine tune design detailing and optimize functionality. This paper details the process of how iterative prototyping and testing was utilized by students to fine-tune their design concepts into reliable and user-friendly N-95 mask dispenser solutions. This effort was unique and educationally significant in that the typical design studio project results in conceptual solutions that seldom need to undergo such testing and refinement.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134125379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Germany, A. Shasheendra, Ketan Sunil Mhetre, S. Aarabi, Ashley Emery
Industrial design has a long history of leveraging anthropometrics human factors data as a basis for good design and decision making throughout the design process. This data ranges from individual measurements supporting the bespoke design for the individual to large data sets normalized across populations that supporting a much broader user group. When it comes to the design of medical devices, traditional anthropometric data has increasingly been complemented by a range of scanning methods (3D surface, CT, MRI) as a form of input with a resulting output of CAD models as well as digitally fabricated medical models. Both the digital and physical medical models can support a number of industrial design activities as well as serving as a collaborative platform between allied disciplines during the design and development of a medical device. This paper relays the specific role medical modeling played in the industrial design process for the device design of a limb cooling product. This product was targeting the impacts of tourniquet induced limb ischemia by leveraging cooling to mitigate tissue damage. Over the course of this project, limb medical models were utilized as a platform for a number of activities including supporting several industrial design methods from early ideation to testing and concept refinement.
{"title":"Digital to Physical Medical Modeling: Industrial Design Activities in Support of a Limb Cooling Medical Device","authors":"J. Germany, A. Shasheendra, Ketan Sunil Mhetre, S. Aarabi, Ashley Emery","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002975","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial design has a long history of leveraging anthropometrics human factors data as a basis for good design and decision making throughout the design process. This data ranges from individual measurements supporting the bespoke design for the individual to large data sets normalized across populations that supporting a much broader user group. When it comes to the design of medical devices, traditional anthropometric data has increasingly been complemented by a range of scanning methods (3D surface, CT, MRI) as a form of input with a resulting output of CAD models as well as digitally fabricated medical models. Both the digital and physical medical models can support a number of industrial design activities as well as serving as a collaborative platform between allied disciplines during the design and development of a medical device. This paper relays the specific role medical modeling played in the industrial design process for the device design of a limb cooling product. This product was targeting the impacts of tourniquet induced limb ischemia by leveraging cooling to mitigate tissue damage. Over the course of this project, limb medical models were utilized as a platform for a number of activities including supporting several industrial design methods from early ideation to testing and concept refinement.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134439330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimberly Mollo, Eric Schneider, Tod Corlett, Alia Boynton, Sarah Chu, Lauren Kennedy, Danielle Oconnell
Designing effective assistive technology (AT) requires knowledge of materials, design methodology, and user needs.Creating AT supporting daily tasks benefits from collaboration with Occupation Therapy, yet this is not a professionalnorm. To address AT design challenges and promote future professional collaboration, Thomas Jefferson Universitydeveloped an interprofessional education (IPE) co-design program for Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) andMasters of Industrial Design (MSID) students. Using experiential learning modules, students co-create assistive devicesfor individuals living with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), a rare genetic disorder causing progressiveimmobility. Students experience real-world contexts and collect ongoing data; FOP user-experts participate in thedesign process via standardized interviews and structured feedback recorded during device user-testing sessions.Here, we present our in-progress approach to creating evidence-based practice guidelines for future collaborationsbetween healthcare professionals and designers based on an IPE collaboration. This IPE program offers insight intohow to structure effective interdisciplinary programs and implement co-design methodology.
{"title":"Developing Practice Guidelines for Interprofessional Educational Collaboration between Design and Healthcare Fields","authors":"Kimberly Mollo, Eric Schneider, Tod Corlett, Alia Boynton, Sarah Chu, Lauren Kennedy, Danielle Oconnell","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002968","url":null,"abstract":"Designing effective assistive technology (AT) requires knowledge of materials, design methodology, and user needs.Creating AT supporting daily tasks benefits from collaboration with Occupation Therapy, yet this is not a professionalnorm. To address AT design challenges and promote future professional collaboration, Thomas Jefferson Universitydeveloped an interprofessional education (IPE) co-design program for Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) andMasters of Industrial Design (MSID) students. Using experiential learning modules, students co-create assistive devicesfor individuals living with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), a rare genetic disorder causing progressiveimmobility. Students experience real-world contexts and collect ongoing data; FOP user-experts participate in thedesign process via standardized interviews and structured feedback recorded during device user-testing sessions.Here, we present our in-progress approach to creating evidence-based practice guidelines for future collaborationsbetween healthcare professionals and designers based on an IPE collaboration. This IPE program offers insight intohow to structure effective interdisciplinary programs and implement co-design methodology.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115421134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As more and more smart products appear in people's daily lives, designers begin to pay attention to smart product design. Industry and academia try to explain "what Smart Products are" in different fields. Although Smart Products are not a new term, there is no consensus on the definition of Smart Products. However, this is problematic for designers. Because the understanding of Smart Products directly affects how designers design smart products to bring users a better life. Smart products are quite different from previous products in terms of functions, interactions, and technologies. This not only affects designers but also poses challenges for users. This paper reviews the concept of Smart Products and Intelligence, constructs a user-oriented definition of smart products based upon the embodied cognition theory of cognitive science, proposes the characteristics of smart products, which provides designers with a new perspective for designing smart products.
{"title":"User-Oriented Definition of Smart Products: a \"Body\" Perspective","authors":"Yi Zheng","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002969","url":null,"abstract":"As more and more smart products appear in people's daily lives, designers begin to pay attention to smart product design. Industry and academia try to explain \"what Smart Products are\" in different fields. Although Smart Products are not a new term, there is no consensus on the definition of Smart Products. However, this is problematic for designers. Because the understanding of Smart Products directly affects how designers design smart products to bring users a better life. Smart products are quite different from previous products in terms of functions, interactions, and technologies. This not only affects designers but also poses challenges for users. This paper reviews the concept of Smart Products and Intelligence, constructs a user-oriented definition of smart products based upon the embodied cognition theory of cognitive science, proposes the characteristics of smart products, which provides designers with a new perspective for designing smart products.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115692011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In his seminal book, Conceptual Blockbusting, James L. Adams states that an emotional block to creativity is the “inability to tolerate ambiguity . . . an overriding desire for order; and having no appetite for chaos.” Tolerance for ambiguity can be defined as the degree to which an individual is comfortable with uncertainty, unpredictability, conflicting directions, and multiple demands. Industrial designers work in ambiguous environments. Unfortunately, modern organizations are ordered around the principle of doing things that are efficient, repeatable, and reliable...the fundamental problem with trying to be creative is that it’s none of those things. Higher education is a modern organization that does not encourage students to develop a tolerance for ambiguity but strives to eliminate ambiguity from their educational experience. How one deals with uncertainty and the stress of an ambiguous situation is an important consideration in the life, education, and professional practice of industrial designers. An industrial design student with a low tolerance for ambiguity, who is seeking opportunities in the professional world, is bound to feel stress, anxiety, and frustration. This paper defines tolerance for ambiguity to create awareness of its influence on the success of students who are studying industrial design. Recognizing and developing opportunities for students to experience and practice ambiguous situations is important to student’s success as they move from the educational experience into professional life.
詹姆斯·l·亚当斯(James L. Adams)在他的开创性著作《概念大片》(Conceptual blockbusters)中指出，创造力的情感障碍是“无法容忍模棱两可……对秩序的压倒一切的渴望;也不喜欢混乱。”对模糊性的容忍度可以定义为一个人对不确定性、不可预测性、相互冲突的方向和多种需求的适应程度。工业设计师在模棱两可的环境中工作。不幸的是，现代组织是围绕着高效、可重复和可靠的原则来安排的……尝试创新的根本问题是这些都不是。高等教育是一个现代组织，它不鼓励学生培养对模糊性的容忍度，而是努力从他们的教育经历中消除模糊性。在工业设计师的生活、教育和专业实践中，一个人如何处理不确定性和模棱两可情况的压力是一个重要的考虑因素。一个对模糊性容忍度低的工业设计专业学生，在专业领域寻找机会，必然会感到压力、焦虑和沮丧。本文定义了对歧义的容忍度，以使学生意识到它对学习工业设计的学生成功的影响。认识和发展机会，让学生体验和实践模棱两可的情况，对于学生从教育经历走向职业生涯的成功是很重要的。
{"title":"Anticipate, Embrace, and Leverage Ambiguity","authors":"Paul Skaggs","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002981","url":null,"abstract":"In his seminal book, Conceptual Blockbusting, James L. Adams states that an emotional block to creativity is the “inability to tolerate ambiguity . . . an overriding desire for order; and having no appetite for chaos.” Tolerance for ambiguity can be defined as the degree to which an individual is comfortable with uncertainty, unpredictability, conflicting directions, and multiple demands. Industrial designers work in ambiguous environments. Unfortunately, modern organizations are ordered around the principle of doing things that are efficient, repeatable, and reliable...the fundamental problem with trying to be creative is that it’s none of those things. Higher education is a modern organization that does not encourage students to develop a tolerance for ambiguity but strives to eliminate ambiguity from their educational experience. How one deals with uncertainty and the stress of an ambiguous situation is an important consideration in the life, education, and professional practice of industrial designers. An industrial design student with a low tolerance for ambiguity, who is seeking opportunities in the professional world, is bound to feel stress, anxiety, and frustration. This paper defines tolerance for ambiguity to create awareness of its influence on the success of students who are studying industrial design. Recognizing and developing opportunities for students to experience and practice ambiguous situations is important to student’s success as they move from the educational experience into professional life.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117248757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We often combine several methods and tools when running a design workshop, e.g., brainstorming and affinity diagram. Suppose participants have many divergent ideas without fully understanding the design subject matter's users, behaviors, and scenes, although many ideas can be collected. In that case, the result is often difficult to focus on the problem they originally intended to solve. Therefore, this research wants to know whether the innovative ideas of participants are restricted by providing the same background material. And how to use different design thinking tools in combination to improve the effectiveness of the workshop. The design subject of this workshop is a recycling vehicle currently operated and managed by the government. The design goal is to design additional modules that can be used flexibly in the existing recycling vehicles to improve waste separation and recycling efficiency.Before implementing the design workshop, we collected many objective facts and subjective opinions through qualitative and quantitative investigation methods such as field observation, questionnaire survey, interview, and symposium. We visualized the survey results (photos, behavioral mapping, statistic chart, etc.) to form the materials for the design workshop. The workshop ran for eight hours in one day, and a total of 10 industrial design master class students were divided into two groups. Four stages guided the two workshop hosts in sequence: the KJ method, empathy map, user journey, and design sketch. There are four stages to guide the process. During the period, the two groups each reported an affinity diagram, two user journeys (one for cleaning staff and one for a citizen), and four empathy maps. Finally, a professor from the Industrial Design Institute will comment on the sketch.As a result, participants created ten sets of sketches focusing on problem-solving but with different innovative ideas. Participants also learned various design thinking tools in a short period. Using the mixed method research results as materials and combining different method tools to guide the process of the workshop will ultimately help the design workshop produce specific achievements.
{"title":"The Achievement of Using Research Results from Mixed Methods in Design Workshop within Educational Scenario","authors":"Ching I Chen, M. Zheng, I. Wen Yen","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002013","url":null,"abstract":"We often combine several methods and tools when running a design workshop, e.g., brainstorming and affinity diagram. Suppose participants have many divergent ideas without fully understanding the design subject matter's users, behaviors, and scenes, although many ideas can be collected. In that case, the result is often difficult to focus on the problem they originally intended to solve. Therefore, this research wants to know whether the innovative ideas of participants are restricted by providing the same background material. And how to use different design thinking tools in combination to improve the effectiveness of the workshop. The design subject of this workshop is a recycling vehicle currently operated and managed by the government. The design goal is to design additional modules that can be used flexibly in the existing recycling vehicles to improve waste separation and recycling efficiency.Before implementing the design workshop, we collected many objective facts and subjective opinions through qualitative and quantitative investigation methods such as field observation, questionnaire survey, interview, and symposium. We visualized the survey results (photos, behavioral mapping, statistic chart, etc.) to form the materials for the design workshop. The workshop ran for eight hours in one day, and a total of 10 industrial design master class students were divided into two groups. Four stages guided the two workshop hosts in sequence: the KJ method, empathy map, user journey, and design sketch. There are four stages to guide the process. During the period, the two groups each reported an affinity diagram, two user journeys (one for cleaning staff and one for a citizen), and four empathy maps. Finally, a professor from the Industrial Design Institute will comment on the sketch.As a result, participants created ten sets of sketches focusing on problem-solving but with different innovative ideas. Participants also learned various design thinking tools in a short period. Using the mixed method research results as materials and combining different method tools to guide the process of the workshop will ultimately help the design workshop produce specific achievements.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116163249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan L. Sokolowski, Huiju Park, Linsey Griffin, Meredith McQuerry, James Tuttle
In 2016, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimated that 62,085 injuries occurred in the line of duty. Haynes and Stein (2017) further reported that a U.S. firefighter injury is reported every eight minutes. Many of these injuries can be attributed to poorly fitting and functioning turnout gear, especially boots. When boots fail to fit appropriately, the firefighter can be in danger of losing proprioception, getting burned, slipping and tripping. This pilot study developed a method using techniques from the industrial design field to capture the interior of a common fire boot, to then compare it to 3D female firefighter foot scans. Visual, volumetric, and anthropometric measures were analyzed to make recommendations on how manufacturers could improve boot fit for firefighters.
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Falls are the leading cause of death and disability for the aging population. The goal of this research was to understand the traction performance of key footwear styles to make recommendations on how to improve outsole design, to reduce the risk of indoor falling and enable mobility for aging users. Dry and wet traction tests were conducted on three common flooring materials, with six footwear styles. The data collection method was adapted from ASTM F2333-04, as a more attainable, student-led version of a linear traction test without the need for expensive lab equipment. Results determined that although the footwear tested were marketed for traction and safety, they greatly decreased performance in wet conditions and performed inconsistently across all flooring surfaces and outsole contact directions. From the findings opportunities exist to redesign shoe outsoles and flooring to improve safety.
{"title":"Understanding Footwear Traction Performance to Reduce the Risk of Indoor Falls and Improve Mobility for the Aging Population","authors":"Susan L. Sokolowski, Chrissy Bettencourt","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002022","url":null,"abstract":"Falls are the leading cause of death and disability for the aging population. The goal of this research was to understand the traction performance of key footwear styles to make recommendations on how to improve outsole design, to reduce the risk of indoor falling and enable mobility for aging users. Dry and wet traction tests were conducted on three common flooring materials, with six footwear styles. The data collection method was adapted from ASTM F2333-04, as a more attainable, student-led version of a linear traction test without the need for expensive lab equipment. Results determined that although the footwear tested were marketed for traction and safety, they greatly decreased performance in wet conditions and performed inconsistently across all flooring surfaces and outsole contact directions. From the findings opportunities exist to redesign shoe outsoles and flooring to improve safety.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116943965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With the advancement of technology, robots are increasingly being utilized in the service industry. While researchers have argued that human-like robots are more acceptable in a service context, they can also cause more discomfort than robots with a functional appearance. Although it has been studied that a robot’s appearance affects how people perceive its capabilities, there is a lack of detailed explanations on which design elements influence human perception and acceptance of robots, and how. This study hypothesizes that robots with a functional appearance can be more accepted by introducing certain lifelike features from anthropomorphic robots. This study aims to identify the design elements and their relationships to perceived attributes of mobile service robots in service environments. After examining the relationship between robot morphology and human perception, three robot attributes are defined: perceived characteristics, capabilities, and warmth. Three design elements of form, color, and interface are then extracted from prior studies that form the perceived attributes. A case study of two robots was conducted, one with a lifelike appearance and the other with a functional one. Finally, design guidelines are proposed based on these design elements to assist industrial designers in creating more acceptable designs for mobile service robots.
{"title":"Industrial Design Guidelines for Robot Acceptance: The Role of Morphological Elements of Mobile Service Robots in a Restaurant Environment","authors":"Do D. Bui, Y. Ghim","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002983","url":null,"abstract":"With the advancement of technology, robots are increasingly being utilized in the service industry. While researchers have argued that human-like robots are more acceptable in a service context, they can also cause more discomfort than robots with a functional appearance. Although it has been studied that a robot’s appearance affects how people perceive its capabilities, there is a lack of detailed explanations on which design elements influence human perception and acceptance of robots, and how. This study hypothesizes that robots with a functional appearance can be more accepted by introducing certain lifelike features from anthropomorphic robots. This study aims to identify the design elements and their relationships to perceived attributes of mobile service robots in service environments. After examining the relationship between robot morphology and human perception, three robot attributes are defined: perceived characteristics, capabilities, and warmth. Three design elements of form, color, and interface are then extracted from prior studies that form the perceived attributes. A case study of two robots was conducted, one with a lifelike appearance and the other with a functional one. Finally, design guidelines are proposed based on these design elements to assist industrial designers in creating more acceptable designs for mobile service robots.","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126882605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Covid-19 thrust Industrial Design education into virtual learning in the spring of 2019, with fully remote or hybrid learning continuing at many institutions throughout the 2020-2021 academic calendar. This paper discusses how meeting the needs of students with various levels of ability in a computer-aided design (CAD) course while fully online unexpectedly created a number of novel approaches for teaching and providing feedback for both in person and remote education. Traditionally in person CAD courses have relied on instructors providing brief tutorials followed by students following textbook assignments or completing CAD projects. Many CAD courses have also been using a flipped classroom model, integrating short video demos the instructor would record for students to watch prior to the in person class. This method is preferred by students over traditional lecture format (Boronyak, 2021). When our CAD course was unexpectedly turned into a fully virtual course, neither of these methods effectively met the needs of students. The class time became disjointed, with just one students question taking over the virtual space, leaving other students frustrated. This paper follows the hypothesis that if students learning complex 3D modeling programs are provided with video tutorials beyond short demos, but have access to videos walking through each chapter when learning new content, followed by similar assignments without instruction, students of all abilities will be able to understand and learn the content, developing stronger CAD skillsets as industrial designers. Therefore, the goal is to explore tools for academia to efficiently teach CAD virtually or in person to a broader set of students, raising the abilities and understanding of all students at their own pace.This paper discusses how over three years two scenarios were explored, teaching CAD fully remotely and then integrating the methods used back into in person learning. When fully remote the instructor created videos working through each chapter assigned prior to each class, with added verbal explanations of the content. Additional assignments were created through CAD drawings reinforcing content from each chapter, but without instruction. In addition, the instructor created video recordings of themselves working through students questions in Solidworks, sending only the recording back to the student so they could follow along at their own pace. These teaching methods were integrated into the curriculum when the course resumed in person learning. The videos made it possible for everyone in the class to progress at their own speed, students could reference the videos when the instructor was helping other students. Students continued to email CAD files to the instructor for projects and were provided a video tutorial of the instructor walking through the CAD and explaining how to solve the issues. At the end of the course students perceptions were evaluated by an anonymous survey. CAD projects
{"title":"Adaptation In 3D Modeling Pedagogy: How Covid-19 upended then improved course outcomes","authors":"B. Barnhart","doi":"10.54941/ahfe1002015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002015","url":null,"abstract":"Covid-19 thrust Industrial Design education into virtual learning in the spring of 2019, with fully remote or hybrid learning continuing at many institutions throughout the 2020-2021 academic calendar. This paper discusses how meeting the needs of students with various levels of ability in a computer-aided design (CAD) course while fully online unexpectedly created a number of novel approaches for teaching and providing feedback for both in person and remote education. Traditionally in person CAD courses have relied on instructors providing brief tutorials followed by students following textbook assignments or completing CAD projects. Many CAD courses have also been using a flipped classroom model, integrating short video demos the instructor would record for students to watch prior to the in person class. This method is preferred by students over traditional lecture format (Boronyak, 2021). When our CAD course was unexpectedly turned into a fully virtual course, neither of these methods effectively met the needs of students. The class time became disjointed, with just one students question taking over the virtual space, leaving other students frustrated. This paper follows the hypothesis that if students learning complex 3D modeling programs are provided with video tutorials beyond short demos, but have access to videos walking through each chapter when learning new content, followed by similar assignments without instruction, students of all abilities will be able to understand and learn the content, developing stronger CAD skillsets as industrial designers. Therefore, the goal is to explore tools for academia to efficiently teach CAD virtually or in person to a broader set of students, raising the abilities and understanding of all students at their own pace.This paper discusses how over three years two scenarios were explored, teaching CAD fully remotely and then integrating the methods used back into in person learning. When fully remote the instructor created videos working through each chapter assigned prior to each class, with added verbal explanations of the content. Additional assignments were created through CAD drawings reinforcing content from each chapter, but without instruction. In addition, the instructor created video recordings of themselves working through students questions in Solidworks, sending only the recording back to the student so they could follow along at their own pace. These teaching methods were integrated into the curriculum when the course resumed in person learning. The videos made it possible for everyone in the class to progress at their own speed, students could reference the videos when the instructor was helping other students. Students continued to email CAD files to the instructor for projects and were provided a video tutorial of the instructor walking through the CAD and explaining how to solve the issues. At the end of the course students perceptions were evaluated by an anonymous survey. CAD projects","PeriodicalId":158693,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125988168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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