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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 35, Number 3, pages 347-350 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2024_3_347

DESIGN FOR SYMMETRY AND ASYMMETRY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW IN MANUFACTURING

Alessio Pacini^1*, Francesco Lupi², Michele Lanzetta³

^1,3 Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering (DICI), University of Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy.
Email: alessio.pacini@phd.unipi.it, lanzetta@dici.unipi.it

² Department of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy.
Email: francesco.lupi@phd.unipi.it

^* corresponding author

Abstract: Due to the lack of systematic reviews on the role of asymmetry in product design and manufacturing, this paper aims to explore key concepts, map new trends, identify main challenges, and summarize some future directions within this topic. In addition, the study introduces two new concepts: Design for Symmetry (DFSym) and Design for Asymmetry (DFAsym), contributing to systematizing the role of asymmetry in the domain.

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