An Inspirational Demo from FPL

A rover similar to the one in this image was driven around the substation for the demo

Last week, FPL showed us a really cool demo of their current substation rover program. One of our collaborators drove around the rover at the substation from his home and showed us the live camera feed. Additionally, the operator was able to show us main features of the charging setup and housing structure for this rover.

This experience was extremely useful for us because we got to learn more about what FPL is looking for in the UI (user interface) and autonomous functionality of the quadruped and housing structure. They discussed their discontent with the current UI and how it needs to be immediately intuitive to someone unfamiliar with the project. We learned a lot from this meeting and will use it as reference when we begin our development. 

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