Peanut Shelling Machine for Haiti and West Africa#

A regionalized peanut-shelling ideation brief used in a 2024 tablet-versus-paper study.

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts#

Field	Value
Problem ID	`ideation_peanut_shelling_haiti_west_africa`
Problem Family	text
Implementation	`TextProblem`
Capabilities	`citation-backed`, `prompt-packet`, `statement-markdown`
Study Suitability	`human-subjects-ready`, `ideation-friendly`
Tags	`text`, `human-subjects`, `ideation`, `agriculture`, `mechanical-design`

Taxonomy#

Formulation: textual_prompt
Is Dynamic: no
Orientation: engineering_practical
Objective Mode: qualitative
Constraint Nature: embedded-constraints
Tags: text, human-subjects, ideation, agriculture, mechanical-design
Deliverable Type: concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes): 20
Participants: individual
Evaluation Mode: idea_generation

Statement#

In places like Haiti and certain West African countries, peanuts are a significant crop. Most peanut farmers shell their peanuts by hand, an inefficient and labor-intensive process. The goal of this project is to design and build a low-cost, easy to manufacture peanut shelling machine that will increase the productivity of the African peanut farmers.

Customer needs:

Remove the shell with minimal damage to the peanuts.
Electrical outlets are not available as a power source.

Prompt Profile#

Field	Value
Deliverable Type	concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes)	20
Participants	individual
Evaluation Mode	idea_generation

Sources#

Key	Summary
`das_meza_xu_yang_2024`	Das, Meza, Xu, and Yang (2024). Concept Chaining Patterns During Ideation Using Digital Tablets. ASME IDETC/CIE 2024, DETC2024-142785.

Raw Citation Records#

Das, Meza, Xu, and Yang (2024). Concept Chaining Patterns During Ideation Using Digital Tablets. ASME IDETC/CIE 2024, DETC2024-142785.