Bachelor Assignment

Radium Boulders, a bouldering gym, was looking for a low-cost way to clean fall mats. The main source of dirt in the gym is chalk, a white powder used by climbers to improve grip strength.

This research developed capture methods, to collect chalk before it gets on the mats. Since capture methods cannot stop chalk from collecting on the mats, the suggestion is to vacuum clean them. A cost effective vacuum cleaner must be ergonomic and efficient in this environment. It was found that no tool on the market can meet these needs while cleaning the mats to the standards of the gym. Two concept directions were proposed instead: 1. An automated concept, 2. An ergonomic and efficient concept to be used by the cleaning staff.