Traditional Robust Design (RD) provides a well-established toolbox for the parametric exploration of a design space (e.g. Taguchi experiments) and some well-known design heuristics (e.g. exact constraint guidelines for interfaces) that allow to reduce sensitivity towards noise factors.
From a design perspective, however, this narrow focus on optimizing fairly complete solutions drastically limits the potential of the available tools. Traditional RD largely disregards the importance of other design decisions (e.g. concept exploration, choice of suitable mechanical layouts, multidisciplinary design), which is particularly critical in light of (newly emerging) engineering design challenges such as connectivity, Industry 4.0, or the ever-increasing complexity and product integration.
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