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.

Since this is the first I travel, I learn that I quite enjoy traveling and sight seeing. Especially, I like to learn more about different cultures and traditions. I also discovered that nightlife does not appeal to me personally.

During the first week at Hubo Lab, I was given a brand new Intel Nuc kit because my laptop is not powerful enough. With the help of Hubo lab members I was able to install memory, SDD, ubuntu OS, Xenomai, QT, and Choreonoid on the PC. The Xenomai, QT and Choreonoid will allow to simulate Hubo 2 on the computer. I also learn how to add new features to the PODOGUI.