Autonomous Surveillance Vehicle#

A course-design brief about an autonomous vehicle that repeatedly tours the perimeter of two structures.

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts#

Field	Value
Problem ID	`ideation_autonomous_surveillance_vehicle`
Problem Family	text
Implementation	`TextProblem`
Capabilities	`citation-backed`, `prompt-packet`, `statement-markdown`
Study Suitability	`human-subjects-ready`, `ideation-friendly`
Tags	`text`, `human-subjects`, `ideation`, `autonomy`, `robotics`, `surveillance`

Taxonomy#

Formulation: textual_prompt
Is Dynamic: no
Orientation: engineering_practical
Objective Mode: qualitative
Constraint Nature: embedded-constraints
Tags: text, human-subjects, ideation, autonomy, robotics, surveillance
Deliverable Type: concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes): 30
Participants: individual
Evaluation Mode: idea_generation

Statement#

Design an autonomous surveillance vehicle to automatically and periodically tour the perimeter of two structures, stopping as close as possible to the start point.

Prompt Profile#

Field	Value
Deliverable Type	concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes)	30
Participants	individual
Evaluation Mode	idea_generation

Sources#

Key	Summary
`dinar_park_shah_2015`	Dinar, Park, and Shah (2015). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Problem Formulation and Ideation Skills Learned Throughout an Engineering Design Course. ASME IDETC/CIE 2015, DETC2015-46542.

Raw Citation Records#

Dinar, Mahmoud, Yong-Seok Park, and Jami J. Shah (2015). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Problem Formulation and Ideation Skills Learned Throughout an Engineering Design Course. ASME IDETC/CIE 2015, DETC2015-46542.