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The Karakuri IoT toolkit: a collaborative solution for ideating and prototyping IoT opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Álvaro Aranda-Muñoz ,
Yuji Yamamoto  and
Kristian Sandström
Álvaro Aranda-Muñoz*
Affiliation:
Mälardalen University, Sweden RISE, Sweden
Yuji Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Mälardalen University, Sweden
Kristian Sandström
Affiliation:
Mälardalen University, Sweden
*
alvaro.aranda.munoz@mdu.se

Abstract

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This paper presents a collaborative solution developed to enable people without prior Internet of Things (IoT) knowledge to ideate, conceptualise, role-play and prototype potential improvements to their work processes and environments. The solution, called the Karakuri IoT toolkit and method, was tested in two workshops with eight production leaders at a Swedish manufacturing company. Outcomes were analysed from the perspectives of materials interaction and instruments of inquiry. Results indicate the solution can help people conceive and prototype improvement ideas at early design stages.

Keywords

collaborative designinternet of things (IoT)early design phaseparticipatory design
Type
Design Organisation, Collaboration and Management
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 185 - 194
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