eprintid: 712
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 17
dir: disk0/00/00/07/12
datestamp: 2017-08-15 22:36:46
lastmod: 2018-01-09 18:31:03
status_changed: 2017-08-15 22:36:46
type: report
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Araújo, A.
creators_name: Gibali, A.
creators_name: Kyprianou, A.
creators_name: Antoniou, E.
creators_name: Bustamante, M.D.
creators_name: Kaminski, Y.
creators_name: Okrasinski, W.
creators_name: Benham, G.
creators_name: Riseth, Asbjørn Nilsen
creators_name: Morosanu, C.
creators_name: Porumbel, I.
creators_name: Deliyiannis, C.
creators_name: Micheletti, A.
creators_name: Hjorth, P.
creators_name: Ockendon, H.
corp_creators: Costas Sisamos
title: Increasing the Creativity of ENGINO Toy Sets and Generating Automatic Building Instructions
ispublished: pub
subjects: retail
studygroups: esgi125
companyname: ENGINO Ltd.
full_text_status: public
abstract: During the First Study Group with Industry which was held in Limassol, Cyprus, the ENGINO⃝R TOY SYSTEM introduced two challenging problems. The first is to get bounds on the number of possible models/toys which can be constructed using a given package of building blocks. And the second is to generate automatically the assembly instructions for a given toy. In this report we summarize our insights and provide preliminary results for the two challenges.
problem_statement: ENGINO⃝R TOY SYSTEM was founded by Costas Sisamos in 2004 in order to commercialize his invention of a new system of multi-functional plastic connectors. After successfully receiving research funding, Costas left his full-time job as an educator to fully engage in R&D, and after 3 years of designing, prototyping and testing, in 2007 he launched the first sets of ENGINO construction toys. The ENGINO toys are created by assembling small pieces together, with the purpose of helping pupils build technological models creatively and easily so that they can experiment and learn about science and technology in a playful way. The products grasped the attention of global buyers and toy experts and by now more than 60 different toy sets are manufactured in his production facility in Limassol, Cyprus, covering various age levels and price ranges, from simple sets to solar energy and robotics. The company has experienced steady growth, reaching presence in more than 40 countries by now.
Each of the 60 toy sets produced by ENGINO has a specific number of blocks that can be assembled into many different models. Based on experience, it has been observed that the creative potential of the system increases geometrically as the number of blocks in the set increase. This is due to the patented design of the ENGINO blocks that allow connectivity from many directions simultaneously.
date: 2017-07
date_type: completed
related_url_url: https://www.esgi-cy.org/problems/
citation:   Araújo, A. and Gibali, A. and Kyprianou, A. and Antoniou, E. and Bustamante, M.D. and Kaminski, Y. and Okrasinski, W. and Benham, G. and Riseth, Asbjørn Nilsen and Morosanu, C. and Porumbel, I. and Deliyiannis, C. and Micheletti, A. and Hjorth, P. and Ockendon, H.  (2017) Increasing the Creativity of ENGINO Toy Sets and Generating Automatic Building Instructions.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/712/1/ESGI125_problem2_Engino_Report090217_FINAL.pdf