Abigael Status Report (3/29/25)

This week, I spent most of my time working with the team to prepare for the interim demo. As our current motors are not waterproof and our new ones will not be in for the demo, we had to come up with a way to use our current motors with the boat. We were able to find a material to extend our motor axles (so that the propellors will be underwater) and I 3D printed a part to friction connect the original axle of the motor to the extended axle. This was fun for me because I have not used any type of CAD software before. I also helped with waterproofing the boat and general preparation for the demo.

For the ML software, I added training data to the model and am working on preparing a testing/validation metric for the interim demo. The testing is slightly behind where I would like to be but I think we are in a good place for the demo. I believe I am on schedule as most of the work I have left will be integration which I can do while improving the model and assisting the team in other ways. My next step will be integrating the temp/pH sensor into our project.