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The truck is a f-250, with a bed height of 37 in. One person lowers the stacked crates to another who carry's them to the wash room.

The crates carry 20-60 pounds, depending on the produce. One person has to carry the crates 20 feet to the wash room.

The wash room floor gets very wet when washing. This could be dangerous when carrying heavy crates

Systems Map

Point of Intervention

Points of Friction

Crates are heavy Uncomfortable

Ergonomics

Two or more people are needed to move the crates

Crates take a long time to move

Parameter

Time efficiency

Labor efficiency (Less people needed)

User +

Their Needs

One person can move crates

Move heavy creates easily

Crates can be transported faster than manual carry

At least 2 people are needed to move creates

Lifting and moving crates is manual

One person can move crates

Move heavy creates easily

At least 2 people are needed to move creates

Lifting and moving crates is manual

Crates are heavy Uncomfortable

Ergonomic

Two or more people are needed to move the crates

Crates take a long time to move

Time efficiency

Labor efficiency (Less people needed)

Crates can be transported faster than manual carry

Human Centered Design Approach

Labor efficiency. (One person can move crates)

Time efficiency (Crates take a long time to move)

Comfort and ease. We intend to alleviate stress from your arms and back when moving crates manually.

Human Centered Design Approach

• Due to the weight of the crates it takes a long time to move them from the truck bed and into the washroom.
• One approach could be designing a device to reduce the workload.
• Another could be modifying the whole system to emphasize efficiency

• It takes two people to move the crates due to them being heavy, and stacked three high on the truck bed
• A possible solution would be a wearable that could redistribute the load.
• Another approach could be automating the system for minimal human input.

Labor efficiency. (One person can move crates)

Time efficiency (Crates take a long time to move)

Comfort and ease. We intend to alleviate stress from your arms and back when moving crates manually.

Sketches

Paper Explorations Table moving design concept

Paper Explorations

Feedback about designs:

1. Will the scissor table buckle under weight?
2. Stress testing the designs using dowels and plywood
3. Durability and weather resistance
4. Is the wearable comfortable
5. Ethnography for wearable and what shape is most comfortable/energy efficient

Further questions:

1. Make sure any designs can move on gravel
2. Disuse-use cycle, make sure it is intuitive and streamlined
3. Wearable vs table vs automated
4. Is the design helpful or redundant?
5. Can the table design handle the load?
6. What materials can be used?

Precedents and suggestions:

1. Semi inflated wheel that can go over gravel
2. Plank w/roller slide from truck
3. Frame backpack

Project:

In Cultivate and Curate, our class was tasked with creating designs that could help Land's Sake Farm with specific problems that they gave us. Initially, in our field ethnography visit to Land's Sake, we asked many questions and took many notes to begin thinking of solutions for their various problems. My group, "Crate Moving Washing," decided to make our project a wearable device to help farmers carry heavy objects. Land's Sake explained how they needed to move 15 crates from a truck to their washroom. These crates weigh 20-60 pounds. They also need at least two people to unload the crates. One person lowers crates from the truck, and another person carries them into the washroom. We decided to design a wearable that can help redistribute the weight of the create onto your hips and shoulders rather than your arms and lower back. Essentially, we want to create a kind of backpack connected to a resting tray in front of you that you can put the crate onto. Then, part of the crate's weight will be redistributed to the hips and shoulders because of the backpack's design.

Growth:

This is my first term at NuVu, as I normally go to Beaver. I adapted to NuVu well and have grown in my ability to develop more informed solutions and designs for various problems. At Land's Sake, we had a field ethnography visit. There, I took many notes and asked many questions to understand the processes of Land Sake's various tasks. I greatly improved my ability to take notes and ask questions in relation to these real-world problems. I focused on a solution to help with the washroom and, more specifically, a solution to help unload crates from a truck to the washroom.



Feedback

+ Questions For Land's Sake

• What other mechanisms/solutions have we overlooked?
• Which of the ideas listed seem the most practical?
• How could we develop our concept to further incorporate the farmers needs?
• What are some obstacles/parameters that we may need to take into account?