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What is Comprehensive Approach

Chapter 22
Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perspectives
The multi-disciplinary approach may be hard work - and unusual - but it enables one to draw on expertise in various sectors in order to achieve the best possible solution to a problem.
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The “Madame Butterfly” Robot: A Case Study in Product Design and Development
Luisa Fontana (FONTANAtelier, Italy) and Davide Fornari (SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-617-9.ch022
Abstract
“Madam Butterfly” is an industrial robot produced by Euroimpianti Spa. It is the result of the unusual cooperation between a cutting-edge robot factory and Fontanatelier, an unconventional architecture studio. Although it had all started as a common machinery project, and it was almost at the end of its development phase, the need for an iconic design led the designer to involve the architect Luisa Fontana in the project. The contrasting opinions between the engineers and the architect forced everybody to change points of view, in such a complicated and challenging field as robot production. The final design conveys a strong image of the product, very uncommon for the automation industry, maintaining the functionality of a standard robot, with improvements for some specific usage.
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