The Orbiteers had a fantastic time showing off our project at Prototype Inspection Day this week! A picture of us setting up our code to demo is shared below. We demoed our simulator prototype and received feedback from six UF faculty coaches with diverse backgrounds and knowledge. Their feedback was insightful and rewarding, and we are thankful for the experience. A few noteworthy recommendations we received include explaining more details about our precise steps to upgrade our prototype from a rule-based heuristic to reinforcement learning, instead of simply stating we are going to upgrade it. Also, more information about how we plan to compare and evaluate reinforcement learning strategies would’ve been helpful for the judges.

We made some code changes this week, too. They focused on improving the logging and metrics on the frontend display and the fidelity and organization of the backend simulator. Moving forward, we have more changes to keep upgrading our simulator in the coming weeks. We are also going to start working on our System Level Design Review (SLDR) and prepare for the peer review presentation. The end of the semester is coming fast, and the Orbiteers are moving onwards and upwards!