Fall Semester

Week 13 – System Level Design Review

This week our team had our official system level design review! This event represented the culmination of the work we have done in this fall semester. We showcased our development of radar testing, algorithm creation, hardware planning, and design integration… Read More

Week 11 – On Site Testing

This week, our team went on-site to the FDOT Operations Center to collect data from our radar sensor. We plan to use this data to improve our hardware setup to maximize the range and accuracy of vehicle detection, as well… Read More

Week 10 – Visualizing the Radar

This week, we were able to start gathering data from the radar device and visualize the data on a graph. Below is a video that demonstrates how the radar picks up an object from a distance. Note that the orange… Read More

Week 8 – Prototyping Begins

Coming out of the PDR presentation last week, we have a clearer and more thorough understanding of when and in what instances our alert system would be used. Taking these and other points into consideration, we have begun solidifying our… Read More

Week 7 – PDR Presentation

This week, our team presented our preliminary design review at the Florida Department of Transportation’s Gainesville Operational Facility. We presented the initial stages of our product to our liaisons and many other FDOT engineers. The experience was incredibly valuable, and… Read More

Week 6 – Radar Selection and Next Steps

Following our peer review PDR presentation, Team Road Response has decided on the radar module that we’re going to use moving forward to begin collecting and working with data. After evaluating different technologies and modules, we decided on the D3… Read More

Week 4 – The PDR

This week, our team dedicated our efforts towards drafting our Preliminary Design Report, putting all of our research and work to date into a single document. On Wednesday, we got together to discuss our ideas and came forward with multiple… Read More

Week 3 – The Meeting

During our specification and requirement development, we were struggling to realize how the Florida Department of Transportation(FDOT) was going to use our Alert system. Today, that changed, we finally met with our liaison and we were able to clarify a… Read More

Week 2 – Idea Generation

This week our team spent time working on idea generation and this involved using various techniques such as semantic Intuition. Through this we got a better understanding of the stakeholders involved in this project. After this the next step for… Read More

Meet This Team

We are Road Response, an Integrated Product & Process Design team from the University of Florida working alongside the Florida Department of Transportation. We are composed of 3 computer scientists, 2 computer engineers, and 2 electrical engineers. Together with the… Read More