Thesis Diseño y desarrollo de prototipo de ayuda técnica para servir líquidos, enfocado a personas con movilidad reducida, mediante manufactura aditiva
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2026-04
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Ingeniería en Diseño de Productos
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Campus Casa Central Valparaíso
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En el presente documento se aborda, dentro del contexto del diseño inclusivo, el proceso de desarrollo de una ayuda técnica que asista en el proceso de servir bebidas, especialmente calientes, a usuarios con movilidad reducida, empleando tecnologías de prototipado rápido para agilizar los procesos iterativos prueba y error. Siguiendo la guía del Diseño Centrado en Personas y Design Thinking, primero se familiarizará el contexto de los usuarios con movilidad reducida, reconociendo las principales barreras funcionales en las actividades de la vida diaria e identificando aquellas en las que se logra vislumbrar espacio para innovar. Posteriormente, se justificará la elección de la actividad de servir té o café, identificando los requerimientos necesarios para adaptar el proceso a usuarios con silla de ruedas y problemas de fuerza y movilidad de brazos y manos, contrastando las ventajas y desventajas de las principales alternativas en el mercado. La siguiente etapa abordará el desarrollo y evolución de la propuesta formal, para dar paso, mediante manufactura aditiva, a un producto tangible que permita interactuar con potenciales usuarios. Finalmente, se presentarán en forma cronológica las diversas iteraciones de la propuesta, presentando la retroalimentación en terreno con los usuarios y las posibles modificaciones nacidas en cada etapa. Como resultado, se presenta un prototipo tangible y funcional, junto con recomendaciones a nivel colaborativo o comercial.
The present document will address, on the topic of inclusive design, the design development process of an assistive product through rapid prototyping technologies, to allow handicap users to be able to serve up hot drinks. Making use of User Centered Design and Design thinking guidelines to be able to familiarize with the context of impaired or handicapped users, looking for the main functional barriers that impact on their daily activities, identifying those that have room for innovation. After the selection of the activity “To serve up tea/coffee” we process to identify the main requirements that the prototype needs to address, so the activity can be adapted to handicap and wheelchairs users, through benchmarking of the alternative products on the market of assistive technologies. The next stage will approach the main design process, from the generation of ideas to the creation of a prototype model through additive manufacturing, allowing the product to move from an abstract concept to a tangible object that users can interact with and test. Finally, the development of the prototype will be displayed on a chronological order, showing the diverse iterations of the stages of validation test on-field and the feedback gathered from the target user. As result, a tangible and functional prototype will be presented, along with the next step of the evolution of the project as a commercial product.
The present document will address, on the topic of inclusive design, the design development process of an assistive product through rapid prototyping technologies, to allow handicap users to be able to serve up hot drinks. Making use of User Centered Design and Design thinking guidelines to be able to familiarize with the context of impaired or handicapped users, looking for the main functional barriers that impact on their daily activities, identifying those that have room for innovation. After the selection of the activity “To serve up tea/coffee” we process to identify the main requirements that the prototype needs to address, so the activity can be adapted to handicap and wheelchairs users, through benchmarking of the alternative products on the market of assistive technologies. The next stage will approach the main design process, from the generation of ideas to the creation of a prototype model through additive manufacturing, allowing the product to move from an abstract concept to a tangible object that users can interact with and test. Finally, the development of the prototype will be displayed on a chronological order, showing the diverse iterations of the stages of validation test on-field and the feedback gathered from the target user. As result, a tangible and functional prototype will be presented, along with the next step of the evolution of the project as a commercial product.
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Diseño inclusivo, Movilidad reducida, Ayuda técnica, Diseño asistido por computadora, Metodología design thinking, Inclusive design, Reduced mobility, Assistive technology, Computer-aided design, Design think methodology
