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The Butler |
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Your Personal Shopper |
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Development |
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The investors for The Butler required various reports to document progression during the development of this product. This page summarizes the timeline for the completion of these reports. |
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The Butler prototype on Demonstration Day. |
Documentation Summary |
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Task Tracking Summaries |
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Preliminary Design Reviews |
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Concept Memos |
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Documentation Summary |
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Supporting Information |
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Trade Studies |
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22-Jan-2008 |
Document that details the design requirements for The Butler. These quantified specifications were used to assess achievements during the development of the product. |
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24-Jan-2008 |
This one-page document provides each engineer’s preliminary idea for a proposed product, including a statement of the target market, pertinent product design requirements, and a description of the concept including a description of the intelligent capabilities of the product. |
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12-Feb-2008 |
One page proposal for the Individual Trade Study Report. |
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12-Feb-2008 |
This document details the key technical issues that the members of The Butler intend to address during the feasibility studies as well as a schedule of group-specific key deliverable items or milestones for the remainder of the project. The document also describes any collaboration developed with consultants, customers, industry mentors. |
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28-Feb-2008 |
An important source for the quantitative justification of decisions made during the design process and demonstrates the individual engineer’s ability to develop and use analytic or numerical models. |
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18-Mar-2008 |
Document details the performance requirements and “grading rubric” that will be used to evaluate the success of the prototype as measured against our state objectives. |
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8-Apr-2008 |
Comprehensive document summarizing the concept behind The Butler. It includes an abstract, executive summary, product design supporting information, supporting figures and graphics (CAD), animations, and a project nugget. |
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22-Apr-2008 |
The goal of the CDR was to provide management with sufficient cause to continue the design process into the preliminary design phase. In order to do so, the key issues associated with our concept were identified, as was the progress made in exploring its feasibility. The prototype’s first performance requirement of dispensing goods within 10% error was accomplished, with a fill time of 5.25 seconds. Lids were dispensed and completely sealed on the container 85% of the time, which fell just short of the 90% requirement. This shortcoming stemmed from lid dispenser misalignment due to vibrations from the stamping mechanism, which can be solved with support structure. The performance of the prototype confirmed that the product’s design requirements can be met. |