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Value EngineeringTURTLE-5k

Frank Steeghs

Accountmanager ACE

12 november, 2014

@Fontys Eindhoven

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Agenda

• Who is Frank?

• introduction ACE

• vision & mission TURTLE-5k project

• general approach

• redesign by value engineering

• results & reflection

• graduation project

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2005 2014201220102008

Transmisionengineer

ACEAccountmanagerHightech systems

Designengineer

Consultant

Automotive network

consultant

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Frank @ ACE

Recruitment Coaching B2B Marketing

TURTLE-5k

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Established 1977

Locations

Eindhoven, Delft (NL)

Lummen, Gent (B)

250 employees

ACE ingenieurs- & adviesbureau

Werktuigbouwkunde en Elektrotechniek

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product development

industrial automation

high-tech systems

construction technology

(#5 BRACE Automotive)

four specialized

business units

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Core activities

analysis

development

engineering

realization

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secondment of technical staff

outsourcing design & engineering

farmout partner (co-development)

turnkey projects

Services

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TURTLE

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Vision

Vision of RoboCup:

“In 2050 a team of soccer playing robots defeats the human world champion team”.

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Mission

Mission of Prof. Rene van de Molengraft, director Tech United, TU/e:

“Develop an affordable robot so more teams will join the RoboCup.”

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Develop low-cost soccer robot

• Easy entrance to robotics

• Attract new teams for competing in the middle sized leagues (MSL) RoboCup

• Drive knowledge throughout competition

• Competition is based on open source and sharing the gained knowledge

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Main goals ACE

1. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (non-commercial)

2. Show capabilities

3. Collaborate with partners

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General approach

• Define project scope

• Find partners for collaboration

• Create work breakdown structure

• Project plan

• Redesign by value engineering

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Project scope

• Cost down of the soccer robot

• Same functionality as world champion 2012

• BOM of this robot is approximately 25k

• Target cost price BOM = 5k

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High level project work breakdown structure

• Complete redesign of mechanics

• Complete redesign of electronics

• Cost down of goods

• Conversion to ROS (Robotic Open Source)

• Project coordination by ACE

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Find partners to collaborate in this multidisciplinary project

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Project plan

• Redesign and built prototype

• Present prototype RoboCup 2013

• Optimize and built first series

• Establish turtle 5k team for further development and learning purposes

• Share design for free use / replication

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Redesign byValue Engineering• Analyzing

• BOM, specs, hardware, electronics

• Designing• Function tree

• Value analysis & Engineering

• 3D Modelling

• Deliver technical product documentation

• Realization

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Function tree

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Value analysis - mapping the costs

Shoot ball

Store power/force/energy

Control trajectory Exert force

Vary shot angle Move swing arm

Solenoid/magnetic coil

Pulley system

Use swing arm

Capacitor

€ 3052.82 € 3052.82 € 880.- € 880.-

€ 1407.35 € 1407.35 € 1407.35

€ 112.77 € 112.77

€ 652.70

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Value engineeringFunction

Current price of function [euro]

Value of function [%]

Value of function multiplied by the goal price of 5000

Savings factor

Control robot 2100,00 18 900 2,33

Manage power 2002,81 16 800 2,50

Percept enviroment 2387,50 14 700 3,41

Move robot 3190,90 13 650 4,91

Handle ball 5769,94 11 550 10,49

Shoot ball 3052,82 9 450 6,78

Communication 1710,80 8 400 4,28

Structural integrity 3819,58 5 250 15,28

Protect robot 375,00 4 200 1,88

Identification 305,00 2 100 3,05

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Brainstorming

Ideas

Morphological chart

3 Lines

Decision

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Realization proto

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First series

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Results & Reflection

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Results & Reflection• Cost reduction of 5 times

• No commercial business case

• Voluntary (pro-bono) contribution of consortium

• All relying on the goodwill of the partners

• Final integration of disciplines

• 2 teams

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Spin-offs

• Exposure: articles in press (magazines, newspaper, video etc.)

• New and more intensive cooperation's

• Future demonstrator on primary en secondary schools

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Afstudeeropdracht

Opties

• Cost reduction

• Weight reduction

• Addaptive manufacturing

• High Level control

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Thank you

www.turtle5k.org

www.ace.eu/fontys