Welcome to the team Electric Eye blog post for the week of 3/28. We’ve passed spring break, which means we are now in our final push towards FDR! This week our team had the very special opportunity to visit the Florida Power & Light main headquarters in Juno Beach Florida. We’ll talk a little more about this experience later. This week was all about putting together the final bits to have end-to-end functionality prepared ahead of Prototype Inspection Day next week.
What we Accomplished
This week was very productive, with some finishing touches put on the different aspects of our device ahead of PID. Most importantly, this week, the bottom half of our casing finished its 3D print! There are still some small adjustments to be made, but with this being finished, we can now give a full demonstration of our device’s capabilities. Here are some more of our accomplishments from this week:
- Hardware: Beyond getting a completed 3D print for our device’s casing, the hardware team also spent time this week finalizing the .hef file to be used on the device’s AI hat. This should allow our device to operate much faster!
- AI/ML: This week we received our newest model from training! This model is being integrated into the .hef file for next week’s PID.
- UX/UI: Bugs found when running the UI on our hardware were being addressed this week to ensure that our UI is running smoothly ahead of PID.
Our Visit To Florida Power & Light Headquarters
This week we had the privilege of visiting FPL’s headquarters in Juno Beach for a demo of our device and a tour of their facilities. This was a great chance for our team to meet our liaison and others who close to our project! It was also an amazing team bonding opportunity, though unfortunately Brian was unable to join us for the visit.
A great part of our visit to the FPL headquarters was getting direct feedback on our device during our demo. While the team has received feedback through the QRBs and our updates to our coach/liaison, being able to talk through the current state of our device and the work completed has helped to shape the rest of our development. Having the opportunity to discuss our ideas that tackle the problem FPL gave to us was a unique experience that you can only get as a student through a program like IPPD. The team also got to see the inner workings of FPL and learn more about how the company is shaping the future of energy! It was a truly special experience that that the entire team is happy to have! We want to thank FPL for the hospitality and we appreciate them for giving us an inside look at their headquarters.
Thank you for reading this week’s blog post from team Electric Eye!