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Inovation Supporting Techniques

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 354-0607/03
Abbreviation TPI
Course title Inovation Supporting Techniques
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Robotics
Course coordinator Ing. Václav Krys, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Design theory, possible approaches, current state, requirements of practice. Model of construction process, procedures and methods. Algorithms versus intuition.

2. Product life cycle. Tendencies of technology development. Directions for innovation.

3. Component model of technical system / process and SW support.

4. Structural and functional model of technical system / process and SW support.

5. Improvement of the technical system by procedures of components trimming and developing additional functions. SW tools.

6. Technical contradictions in inventive problems and their description. Standard models of inventive problems and principles for their solving.

7. Methodology for overcoming technical contradictions and SW support.

8. Methodology for overcoming technical contradictions and SW support.

9. Physical contradictions in inventive problems and their description. Standard models of inventive problems and principles for their solving.

10. Methodology for overcoming physical contradictions and SW support.

11. Methodology for overcoming physical contradictions and SW support.

12. Root cause analysis

13. Examples of using TRIZ methodology.

14. Examples of using TRIZ methodology.


Seminars:
1. Analysis of project assignment / DP and completion of the requirements list.

2. - 4. Structural and functional model of the solved technical system / process.

5. Improvement of the technical system by procedures of trimming and developing additional functions.

6. Processing of existing outputs into the final report template.

7. Identification and overcoming of technical contradictions – ideas for improvement.

8. Identification and overcoming of physical contradictions – ideas for improvement.

9. Completion of final report.

E-learning

The subject is supported by a moodle course.

Literature

[1] GADD, K. TRIZ for Engineers: Enabling Inventive Problem Solving. Wiley, 2011. 504 p. ISBN: 978-0-470-74188-7.

Advised literature

[1] EDER, E. W., HOSNEDL, S. Design Engineering (A Maual for Enhanced Creativity). 1. vyd. London: CRC Press, 2007. 587 s. ISBN 1-4200-4765-5.

[2] Goldfire Innovator 4.0, User Guide, Invention Machine Corporation, Boston, 2013.