Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly
Thesis: M. Eng. in Advanced Manufacturing and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, September, 2018
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| author | Bhakuni, Abhimanyu Singh. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1329052021-10-09T03:29:58Z Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly Bhakuni, Abhimanyu Singh. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: M. Eng. in Advanced Manufacturing and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, September, 2018 Cataloged from the PDF version of thesis. "September 2018." "Due to the condition of the original material, there are unavoidable flaws in this reproduction. We have made every effort possible to provide you with the best copy available."--Disclaimer page. Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67). The US food and restaurant industry is witnessing a step change due to recent advancements in smart automation. Increasing labor costs, rising living costs and shortage of skilled labor is forcing restaurateurs to look for alternatives to remain in operation and maintain profit margins. Industrial robots, equipped with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are now penetrating into commercial kitchens. The idea is to establish a symbiotic and highly efficient process flow between humans and robots in order to increase throughput, enhance food quality and improve customer experience. Miso Robotics, a robotics start-up based in Pasadena, is one of the leading change makers in this direction with a vision to create a kitchen for the future, integrated fully with robotic kitchen assistants. The company, through its flagship product Flippy, has demonstrated the capability to emulate human cooking behavior by making hamburgers. They also recently added frying capability to Flippy, which addresses a huge market need across the globe. In the summer of 2018, three graduate students from MIT worked with the team of Miso Robotics and consulted them on challenges related to product design, manufacturing and scalability. This thesis explores some of the challenges faced by a start-up during its production scale-up phase. It does so by presenting three case studies and emphasizing upon the importance of design for manufacturing and assembly, 3D printing and knowledge of existing solutions before solving a problem. by Abhimanyu Singh Bhakuni. M. Eng. in Advanced Manufacturing and Design M.Eng.inAdvancedManufacturingandDesign Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering 2021-10-08T17:11:07Z 2021-10-08T17:11:07Z 2018 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132905 1263579464 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 74 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Bhakuni, Abhimanyu Singh. Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title | Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title_full | Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title_fullStr | Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title_short | Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| title_sort | mass production readiness of a hardware start up assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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