Conclusion & Reflection

This repurposed product, Contact-free Delivery Box, is designed to avoid unnecessary human contact with food during delivery services. The overall product has simple structure given that it only has 6 individual parts; thereby, it’s relatively easy to assemble and disassemble. The estimated cost, however, is higher than my expectation. The reason might be that the price of plastic boxes is overestimated. If 3-D printing is possible, the total price might be decreased significantly. One thing that still needs to be determined is the actual performance of this box. Questions like whether using this design is a practical way to deliver food or how much “quarantine” effect this box can achieve still remain to be confirmed. One of the future steps is to build a middle-fidelity prototype and consult with stakeholders like delivery drivers.

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From this Mini Project 8, I’ve experienced lots of research and learned many new concepts about food safety. The main takeaway is that there are many products around us that can be improved or redesigned to meet with specific demands. What I could have done better is about CAD modeling. If time allowed, I could have tried to develop the design with more details. But other than that, the overall experience of this mini project is good.