Addressed problem: The existing didactic material used to teach processes using automatic storage and retrieval systems are not qualified for the task because there is a discrepancy between didactic and industrial ASRS.
User needs and product requirements were acquired from diagrams and process flow charts distilled from the investigation of main players in the market and were used to follow a QFD analysis to drive the product design and selection.
Systems thinking helped to understand the product´s information, physical and energy systems and used to aid the conceptualization process. Sketches pulled an array of options that were later organized in decision trees and rated using key product requirements. Detailed design followed an iterative process taking into account computer aided analysis to improve the design with each iteration. A computer-generated model representing the flexible designed solution was generated in SolidWorks and presented as the conclusion of the thesis.
