A joint R&D program is useful when it has a specific engineering question, method, data owner and path to a product decision. General research without configuration linkage rarely shortens development.
The opportunity
Partners may study mobility, materials, energy, human factors, control, manufacturing or test methods. Shared terminology and data rules are required.
Cooperation model
HARDY proposes defining hypothesis, platform version, method, criterion, IP, and public versus protected result layers.
Partner outcome
The outcome should support an engineering decision.
research plan and configuration;
primary data, method and uncertainty assessment;
recommendation, product change and repeat verification.
Next step
Build the partnership
Propose a research question and available infrastructure.