This module continues directly from where you left off in term 1. You have secured investment, now it’s time to deliver. You and your team have 11 weeks to develop your concept into a physical prototype, capable of being mass produced and delivered to the market and or being presented for further investment. You will leverage all of your previous experience in analysis, design and prototype development to iterate your way towards a viable interactive astronaut smart  glove system for the astronaut to use hand gestures to control robot assistants. This solution should satisfy your initial objective. Your output at the end of this stage of the project will depend on the nature of your project but will be discussed and agreed with the module convenor at the outset.

 

In parallel with your product development, you and your team will need to develop a brand and customer/investor awareness strategy. One of the most effective ways to build an audience is to ‘develop in public’. You are encouraged to publicly document your progress as part of a strategy to build an audience of potential customers (for mass market consumer products) and/or future investors (for larger scale enterprise products/projects).

 

At the end of your 11 week cycle of rapid iterative development, there will be a project presentation and evaluation where you and your team will reflect on progress to date, the commercial viability of your project and what next steps would be taken if further funding was obtained.

 

This project does not have a set taught syllabus. However activities you can expect to be engaged with include:

 

Developing a brand strategy and implementing a customer/investor awareness campaign with the aim of continually building interest and anticipation of a product launch/funding round

 

Technical development of your proposed solution

 

Rapid iterative prototype development to refine your solution

 

Exploring manufacturing/construction techniques to determine what is the most efficient way to produce at scale

 

User testing/customer feedback

 

Final project presentation and evaluation addressing:

 

Ref/Def assessment is via resubmission of failed coursework in August.

 

For any failed component of summative assessment, a student or group will be given the opportunity to (re)submit a suitably designed coursework within the current academic year. In this way ref/def assessment is moved within the current project context. The usual rules around mitigation and capped marks apply.

 

If all assessment opportunities are exhausted and the module is failed, this must be remedied in the following academic year. The likelihood of failure is mitigated by the assessment strategy that utilises multiple assessment and reassessments throughout the academic year.