TITLE:
Italian Creativity in Mechanism Design
AUTHORS:
Marco Ceccarelli
KEYWORDS:
History Mechanism Design, Creativity, Innovation, History of Mechanisms
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Historical Studies,
Vol.12 No.4,
December
15,
2023
ABSTRACT: Creativity is a complex of skills in technical fields that produce innovation at theoretical, design, and
technology transfer levels with specific aspects which in general are also of a
broader cultural nature. These implications and properties of creativity in the
design of mechanisms are clarified by referring to results obtained within the
Italian community in order to emphasize a cultural background that is often
ignored as a fundamental basis for creativity in the technical-design field of
mechanical and mechatronic systems. The skills and cultural aspects that contribute to defining and determining creativity
skills in the field of mechanism design are
analyzed and clarified. The reported examples are intended to be
illustrative of this synergy of even non-technical aspects with those that are
based on knowledge and technical expertise in the sector of the invention when
combined with an innovative vision in solving problems and needs.