3. First
Prototype
+ flexible material
+ conform to all spaces regardless of shape
or size.
3
For busy people who are dissatisfied with taking care of an robot vacuum that
gets stuck everywhere,
the Bendyvac is a robot vacuum,
which is made of flexible material.
Unlike a regular robot vacuum,
Our product has the ability to conform to all spaces regardless of shape or size.
5. “I don’t like to use vacuum cleaner. I want it to open the
closet/drawer by itself and get into it automatically, make it
so it can change its shape, can get into corners and
small spaces, charge power by itself, able to pick up big
piece of paper too.”
How to make every corner
clean automatically?
Bachelor’s student, male
User Needs
5
6. Insight
6
Use area of robotics
that most people don’t
know about yet, it’s not
commercial.
8. 8
Flexible material
Automatic robot vacuum
Bends around obstacles and
fits into corners
“If there was a robot that was equal to
vacuuming [in efficiency], especially taking care
of the most annoying part of having to clean
under furniture, I’d buy it in the blink of an eye”
- male, 24
Voice of User
12. 12
Insight
Lazy, future robots
Define the problem
Int student living in the dorm
- Communication
- Cleaning
- Information sharing
Feedback
Why cat-looking is the
candidate?
Final prototype
Soft robot
Design Process
Target
Cleaning
Ideate
Cute robot,
soft robot
For busy people who are dissatisfied with taking care of an robot vacuum that gets stuck everywhere,
the Bendyvac is a robot vacuum,
Which is made of flexible material.
Unlike a regular robot vacuum,
our product has the ability to conform to all spaces regardless of shape or size.
For busy people who are dissatisfied with taking care of an robot vacuum that gets stuck everywhere,
the Bendyvac is a robot vacuum,
Which is made of flexible material.
Unlike a regular robot vacuum,
our product has the ability to conform to all spaces regardless of shape or size.
Busy person in his dirty room
Roomba gets stuck and leaves dirty corners
– people visiting him, they don’t want to stay because it’s gross
- Person is annoyed and frustrated
Pitcher: does this annoy you? We have a solution! *tadaa*
*show how the proto works and cleans everything up*
–> User is happy, invites people over, they are impressed and everyone parties :D
Problem and why the proto?
- Lots of our interviewees had issues with cleaning up
- Some hated cleaning, some thought the dorms weren’t clean enough despite cleaning, some had hesitations about robot vacuums...
- “Roomba doesn’t clean everywhere, it’s basically like using a dustpan all over your apartment, so compared to that it’s an expensive investment”
How much worth solving the problem?
- Another person: considered buying a robot before coming to Japan, but reading reviews just heard that they get stuck on everything
--> obviously there's a need and a niche, and we're hitting it at the right time
What only you know about the problem and/or how to solve it
Product features and specifications
Describe the concrete benefits (especially user experience rather than product itself) you provide.
You can be certain that the vacuum will keep vacuuming while you’re not at home, because it won’t get stuck
How much does it solve the problem? Give us some evidence
Photo of your prototype (again)
What do you want the audience to do next?
DO NOT end with just "Thank you" slide
How to design your products, including rejected ideas
The main topic is home appliances.
Since our group member all come from foreign countries and have been living in the dormitory. So, through this class, we want to focus on improving dorm life for students.
From the interview with the international student, we found 3 main issues: communication, cleaning, information sharing. The most interesting story came from an extreme bachelor Thai student about his room cleaning.
According to his story, he hates cleaning and wants it to be automated completely like a cleaning robot in the future.
Came up with a cute soft robot, but realized the cuteness didn’t come from users’ needs and was more of a gimmick, so we cut back to the essential feature
-cuteness is a gimmick, flexibility is a function
-people personify robots already?
