A joint effort: Kadabra and Ocein develop StealthResident

There is a whole team of people involved in the process that ends with products like the StealthResident. The final product embodies a massive amount of experience and knowledge from a great number of people, says Martin Gudem Ringdalen.

Developing a beast of a net cleaner like the StealthResident

Martin works with product development at Kadabra, a company Ocein teamed up with when we developed the StealthResident. With the StealthResident, we wanted to create a product that could stay permanently in the pen and run on its own. Because of this, it had to be extremely reliable, and it had to be easy to handle.

Finding solutions to challenges like this is all about understanding the big picture to solve the actual need you, the customer, have, says Martin.

A multidisciplinary collaboration

Kadabra combines strategy, design, and engineering to ensure the solutions developed are both technically solid and strategically right. When strategic thinking and hands-on product development are closely linked, you get solutions that truly hit the mark.

With dedication and extensive experience in product development, Kadabra has contributed to our development of the StealthResident. For Ocein's part, their capacity and expertise have been crucial to keeping up the necessary momentum, says Thomas Aas, general manager at Ocein.

Martin is a mechanical engineer and works at the interface between mechanical engineering and industrial design. He also holds a PhD in Lean Product Development and has taught industrialization at the NTNU Department of Design for several years.

Close and transparent collaboration

Kadabra and Ocein worked closely together throughout the entire development process of the StealthResident. We had great communication on Slack and regular video meetings, and the work on physical prototypes was documented through photos and video.

We managed to build a close collaboration despite the geographical distance. This is especially important in the early phases because the process is characterized by a wide range of potential solutions and a high degree of uncertainty, Martin explains.

Developing the net cleaner by building on solid experience

When we worked on the StealthResident, a lot of existing knowledge was reused. The StealthResident incorporates a lot of the insights Ocein already had; you then swap out a few elements and keep working on them. By doing this, we cut down development time and reduce risk in the project.

It's incredibly fun working with Ocein! The team is great to collaborate with, they are fast on their feet, and they have a ton of experience, says Martin.