Author: Yu Hang He, Email: hey6@unlv.nevada.edu
Date Last Modified: 08/04/2018

This photo depicts the front lobby of the Tesla Gigafactory. I can hardly contain my own excitement the first moment I walked through those doors and beholding the Tesla Logo. This is a very exciting opportunity for me, to have the chance to combine research and industrial application and applying robotic technology in a real-world situation. I believe with effort from all the different participants on this project, we can produce results that is both impactful to the research and industrial community.

I have the opportunity to meet with many of my collaborators from the BIM team at Tesla's Gigafactory. However, the person that I have the most opportunity to become familiar with was my roommate, Isaiah Brooks. Isaiah is an intern at Gigafactory's battery production process. Isaiah and his team is responsible for assembling the battery cells and the battery packs. He has been an intern at Tesla for nearly 1 years and he is very familiar with Tesla's production process. Unfortunately, his internship will end in 2 weeks and he will return to his university to finish his education. There is a high chance that he will return to Tesla to continue working after his education.

New opportunities and new environments always present themselves with stimulation. Without properly preparing yourself, these stimulation can be overwhelming. However, at the same time, they will present individual with the chance to learn more about themselves and overcome these obstacles. I found myself in the midst of this process and I am excited to see the outcome.

I appeared at Tesla rather abruptly on Wednesday morning. It seems that Tesla was somewhat unorganized with preparing for my arrival. After some hiccups, I finally received my work laptop and gain access to their network. The first task I received was to become familiar with Tesla's laser scanner. I learned by myself the hardware setup of the laser scanner, taken a test scan, and visualize it within AutoDesk Recap.

Afterward, I familiarize myself with Python and start learning Boston Dynamic's API.

I current and immediate future agenda is to study Boston Dynamic's API for Spot Mini in preparation for the training in Boston. Fortunately, Bosdyn left detailed comments in their APIs and I have no trouble navigating them.