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 an d cultural aspects that contribute to defining and determining cre ativity skills in the field of mechanism design are analyzed and clarified. The r eported 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.
KeywordsHistory Mechanism DesignCreativityInnovationHistory of Mechanisms
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