Mobile Robots Design Guideline Based on an Empirical Study of the Mobile Robots Design Process


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The increasing complexity of mobile robots is causing schedule delays, driving up costs, and creating many design challenges for designers. In order to strike a balance between mobile robot development time and performance, the present research investigates empirically the mobile robot design process and accordingly proposes a mobile robot design guideline through identifying the most influential mobile robot design strategies and activities on mobile robot performance. The dimensions and subsystems of the mobile robot design process are identified. The most positively influential and most negatively influential design strategies and activities across these dimensions and subsystems on mobile robot performance are identified as well. This design guideline can help novel designers in effectively managing the mobile robots design process enhancing their competitiveness.
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Mobile Robots; Design Process; Design Methodology; Product Development

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