Design Automation of Customized Products

Aim

The course aims at utilizing the advancement of digitalization to develop products that are tailored to match specific customer needs. The course combines analysis of user data with modelling, simulation and optimization, and prototype building and testing. The aim is to practice the ability to build automated design frameworks from the interpretation of customer requirements, through design and manufacturing using numerical controlled machines (e.g. 3D-printing or CNC-machines) for testing of physical prototypes.

After completion of the course the students should be able to:

• understand the concept of Digital Twins and how it could be used in product development
• describe how user/customer data can be used to drive the development of customized products
• utilize modeling, simulation and optimization to design customized products
• design, manufacture and evaluate prototypes
• ​discuss and compare the suitability of different methods for going from user data to customized product

Content

The following subjects are treated during the course:

• The concept of Digital Twins, how they could be used in product- and service development and the correlation between reality vs model
• Data driven design and analysis of user data
• Design automation frameworks including modeling, simulation and optimization of products
• Correlation of reality with digital models
• Develop of physical prototypes through automatic connection of CAD models and numerical controlled machines such as CNC-machines and Additive Manufacturing