The table focuses on the key features to address for the design of the final AEV. Concept screening matrix is a helpful tool to determine which designs to continue to consider and use in the creation of the final design and which designs should be thrown out. It is also helpful to compare all the designs on the same table. This allows the producer to see which designs the team leaned toward more and which designs the team did not like as much. Clearly from the table, it is apparent that certain design features were consistent between each of the individual designs such as stability and space for motor/Arduino/battery.
This table is a quick method to eliminate ideas. It is used to combine various concepts and parts in order to determine what the team wants to develop and which design features that do not find pertinent to the final design. The team determines the one design they wish to remain as a control and they also determine important features they think the AEV should possess. The engineers then rate the necessity of the features as well as rate each design to compare which one they want to develop. From this design it can be seen that design A and B are both designs that display important features the team will want to combine to make the best AEV possible. For instance, design B was rated very high for safety while design A was rated higher for space for passengers. The engineers look at these results and know which features to combine from each sketch based off the rating and weighted system.