The rapid development and implementation of smart, connected products have triggered a
promising manufacturing paradigm of servitization, ie smart product-service systems (Smart …

Optimising affective design based on customer needs help to earn competitive advantages.
However, affective design has been studied qualitatively and the value of online opinions …

For over 40 years, Kansei-based research and development have been conducted in Japan
and other East Asian countries and these decades of research have influenced Kansei …

Adjective-based design is a method that translates human perception into design
parameters quantitatively in order to achieve better understanding between designers and …

The study proposes a methodology for extracting and applying expectation effect in
multisensory user–product interaction to balance the design attributes that satisfy must-be …

Many methods and tools have been developed to help original equipment manufacturers to
shift towards circular business models (CBM), however, a gap is observed for decision …

To avoid back injuries, caregivers are advised to use transfer-aid equipment while
transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair. Although the usage of such equipment has …

This study conducts design-driven meaning innovation research based on an interpretation
of new meaning through qualitative and quantitative research rooted in design practice and …

In this paper, we developed an underactuated robotic finger with three joints having a
branching tendon mechanism and a sensing system to estimate the wrench applied to the …

Digital platforms, as an example of digital tools for data handling, provide an entire cycle of
working with data, from data acquisition, processing, and storage to visualisation and …