在城市服务机器人的设计过程中整合可持续性
Michel Joop van der Schoor1, Dietmar Göhlich1
1Methods for Product Development and Mechatronics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Frontiers in robotics and AI
|October 16, 2023
概括
这项研究将生态,社会和经济可持续性纳入城市服务机器人设计中. 一种新的初步社会评估方法提高了早期发展,以获得更好的可持续性结果.
科学领域:
- 工程与技术 工程与技术
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 可持续性维度 (生态,社会,经济) 不均地集成到机械产品设计中.
- 现有的设计工具和方法往往无法用于可持续性影响分析.
- 目前的服务机器人研究优先考虑在城市环境中的性能而不是可持续性.
研究的目的:
- 将可持续发展的三个维度整合到城市服务机器人的产品开发过程中.
- 开发一台支持柏林城市垃圾管理的机器人,旨在提高服务,支持员工,减少排放.
- 在需求工程和评估过程中调整PDP以纳入可持续性.
主要方法:
- 利用可适应的产品开发过程 (PDP) 嵌入可持续性考虑.
- 应用已建立的方法,如生命周期评估 (LCA) 和生命周期成本 (LCC) 到机器人开发.
- 引入了一项新的"初步社会评估"活动,用于早期社会层面的融入.
主要成果:
- 展示了LCA和LCC在城市服务机器人开发中的应用,突出了代表性不足的方面.
- 确定社会层面是特别具有挑战性的,需要超越传统机械工程的方法.
- 成功地将可持续性考虑纳入废物管理机器人的早期设计阶段.
结论:
- 修改后的PDP有效地将可持续性的三个维度纳入机械产品设计.
- 预先的社会评估是早期解决社会可持续性的宝贵补充.
- 未来的城市服务机器人开发必须优先考虑可持续性的整体方法,以获得更大的影响.
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