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Interview with CleanRobotics – the makers of TrashBot
Once upon a time a two friends stood in front of an overly complex trash can at a WholeFoods. A short time later CleanRobotics and their first product, TrashBot, were born. I sat down with Tanner Cook and Grant Halleran from CleanRobotics to discuss the world of trash processing and the design of TrashBot. Throughout the interview we discuss how it is especially challenging for a robotics company to balance the demands of engineering and product iteration with sales and market penetration. We also discuss how dealing with trash is a complex, yet fascinating, societal and environmental problem.
Four tools for selecting UX research methods
For every UX problem, there is a UX research method. Well, that might be stating it a little too simply. For any one UX problem you will likely need several UX research methods to unpack it. If we were casting roles for the proverb about blind men and the elephant, UX problems are the elephant …
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Three startup ideas (Startup Challenge – Part 3)
In Part 1, of the Startup Challenge we discussed how to generate (good) startup ideas. In Part 2, we focussed on compiling our personal criteria for success. Today in Part 3 of the startup challenge, I’ll share with you the three startup ideas I’ve decided to move forward with and conduct some discovery research around. …
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