TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN PRODUCT DESIGN WORKSHOPS: A GENERATIVE AI ASSISTANT APPROACH Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • Product design workshops represent environments where technological progress has had a significant impact, especially in prototype creation processes, encompassing both the technology employed in construction and integrated components. However, project management activities persist in being conventionally addressed, susceptible to increasing the margin of error in product manufacturing and extending the time required to conclude the planning phase. This paper delves into the initial integration of a generative artificial intelligence assistant in the search for relevant information for the execution of product design projects in manufacturing workshop environments. The advanced capabilities of generative data processing are harnessed with the aspiration that this assistant becomes a dynamic collaborator, efficiently supporting and guiding the student throughout the prototype creation process. This research is a pilot conducted with a limited group of Product Design students, which represents a small subset of the total population of the school. The aim of this study is to gather the overall perception of students to enhance their experience when seeking information. © 2024 Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Rise of the Machines: Design Education in the Generative AI Era, E and PDE 2024. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • January 1, 2024