Key Concept:

Systems, Creativity, Form

Global Concept:

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Related Concepts:

Function, Invention

Statement of Inquiry:

There are few limits to the inventiveness of human creativity, so designers can strive for robotic systems that integrate form and function without the limits of convention.

Questions:

Factual:

1. What is a system?

2. What is the difference between invention and innovation?

3. What is the critical path in a system?

Conceptual:

1. How does complexity affect design?

2. When is complexity at the edge of chaos?

3. How do we build redundancy into a system?

Debatable

1. Does form have to follow function?

2. Is simple always best?

3. Is good design always a subjective assessment?

I.C.E.E.E

Innovation: --

Creativity: --

Entrepreneurial: --

Ethics: --

Empathy: --

ATL's:

Collaboration Skills

Critical Thinking Skills