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- "body": "[{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"value\": \"<p><strong>McGill Robotics</strong> is an engineering design team that\\r\\nbuilds robots for international competitions as well as organizes a\\r\\nrobotics themed hackathon annually. The team\\u2019s goal is to foster an\\r\\ninterest in robotics through competition, cultivate a relationship with\\r\\nthe surrounding Montreal community, and much closer to home, to create a\\r\\ncore community at McGill.</p>\\r\\n<p>We prioritize team bonding and growth along with engineering\\r\\naccomplishment, with the belief that it takes a solid team to build a\\r\\nwinning robot. McGill Robotics currently fosters four technical projects\\r\\n\\u2013 AUV, Drone, Mars Rover, RoboHacks \\u2013 and one Business Team, who\\r\\noversees team Finances, Sponsorship, Marketing and Outreach Events.</p>\\r\\n<h1 id=\\\"projects\\\">Projects</h1>\\r\\n<h2 id=\\\"auv\\\">AUV</h2>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"Robotics_robosub.jpg\\\" title=\\\"RoboSub Competition 2017\\\"\\r\\nwidth=\\\"400\\\" alt=\\\"RoboSub Competition 2017\\\" /> <img\\r\\nsrc=\\\"Robotics_bradbury.jpg\\\" title=\\\" Bradbury, 2017 Competition Robot\\\"\\r\\nwidth=\\\"400\\\" alt=\\\" Bradbury, 2017 Competition Robot\\\" /><br />\\r\\nMcGill Robotics\\u2019 first and oldest project is designing an autonomous\\r\\nunderwater vehicle for the AUVSI RoboSub Competition. An autonomous\\r\\nunderwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot designed to travel underwater with\\r\\nno operator or pilot input. AUVs are categorized as unmanned underwater\\r\\nvehicles (UUV), and are very similar to remotely operated underwater\\r\\nvehicles (ROV), which are controlled and powered by an operator on the\\r\\nsurface. Both vehicle systems are deployed in environments that are\\r\\ninhospitable and difficult to access by humans. Some applications\\r\\ninclude: mapping and oceanography, research and data collection, crash\\r\\ninvestigations like Air France Flight 447, and oil and gas pipeline\\r\\nplanning, inspection, and maintenance.</p>\\r\\n<h3 id=\\\"competition\\\">Competition</h3>\\r\\n<p>Every year, the McGill Robotics AUV Project competes at the\\r\\nInternational RoboSub Competition organized and hosted by AUVSI and ONR\\r\\nat the SSC Pacific TRANSDEC in San Diego, California. The competition\\r\\nattracts student teams from both universities and high schools around\\r\\nthe world. The challenge presented by the competition is to build an\\r\\nautonomous underwater vehicle that can complete a series of tasks and\\r\\nmaneuvers that are focused on visual and acoustic navigation. These\\r\\ntasks include recognizing and hitting buoys, firing torpedoes through\\r\\nspecific targets, localizing to acoustic pingers, and moving objects\\r\\naround the pool.</p>\\r\\n<p>The competition itself takes place in the US Navy\\u2019s anechoic pool\\r\\ntesting facility, shown on the map to the right. Many notable companies\\r\\nfrom the robotics industry attend the competition to advertise the\\r\\nproducts they develop, as well as to network with the students\\r\\ncompeting. The top teams win prize money and the opportunity to connect\\r\\nwith the most prominent companies in the industry.</p>\\r\\n<h2 id=\\\"drone\\\">Drone</h2>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"Robotics_gooney_4.jpg\\\"\\r\\ntitle=\\\"Gooney 4, 2018 Competition Robot\\\" width=\\\"400\\\"\\r\\nalt=\\\"Gooney 4, 2018 Competition Robot\\\" /> <img\\r\\nsrc=\\\"Robotics_suas_2017.jpg\\\" title=\\\"SUAS Competition 2017\\\" width=\\\"400\\\"\\r\\nalt=\\\"SUAS Competition 2017\\\" /><br />\\r\\nMcGill Robotics' newest project is designing an autonomous fixed-wing\\r\\naircraft (the drone) for the AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems\\r\\ncompetition. The drone has to complete its entire missions without the\\r\\nintervention of any human operator, showcasing the potential uses of\\r\\nautonomous aircrafts for aerial reconnaissance, package delivery,\\r\\ngeographic mapping, as well as search and rescue.</p>\\r\\n<h3 id=\\\"competition_1\\\">Competition</h3>\\r\\n<p>AUVSI Seafarer\\u2019s SUAS competition has been held yearly at Naval\\r\\nOutlying Field Webster in Maryland since 2002. The competition is meant\\r\\nto encourage students\\u2019 participation in the design and development of\\r\\nUnmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and increase general interest in UAS\\r\\ntechnologies and careers. The competition asks participating teams to\\r\\nwork on a design which can navigate autonomously, use onboard sensors to\\r\\nidentify various forms of targets, and execute a specific set of tasks.\\r\\nAUVSI SUAS also places significant emphasis towards reporting properly\\r\\non the design and maintaining operational excellence throughout the\\r\\ncompetition.</p>\\r\\n<h2 id=\\\"mars_rover\\\">Mars Rover</h2>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"Robotics_calliope.jpg\\\"\\r\\ntitle=\\\"Calliope, 2017 Competition Robot\\\" width=\\\"400\\\"\\r\\nalt=\\\"Calliope, 2017 Competition Robot\\\" /> <img\\r\\nsrc=\\\"Robotics_urc_2017.jpg\\\" title=\\\"URC Competition 2017\\\" width=\\\"400\\\"\\r\\nalt=\\\"URC Competition 2017\\\" /><br />\\r\\nMars Rover Project is created as the second project after AUV. The Mars\\r\\nRover Project aim to build a tele-operated space exploration robot (the\\r\\nrover) for planet Mars. During the competition, the rover is expected to\\r\\nperform tasks such as autonomous traversal, equipment servicing, tool\\r\\nretrieval and delivery, as well as soil sampling and analysis.</p>\\r\\n<h3 id=\\\"competition_2\\\">Competition</h3>\\r\\n<p>The Mars Rover competes in two competitions: URC, and ERC.</p>\\r\\n<h4 id=\\\"urc\\\">URC</h4>\\r\\n<p>The University Rover Challenge (URC) is the world's premier robotics\\r\\ncompetition for college students. Held annually in the desert of\\r\\nsouthern Utah in the United States, URC challenges student teams to\\r\\ndesign and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day\\r\\nwork alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet.</p>\\r\\n<h4 id=\\\"erc\\\">ERC</h4>\\r\\n<p>European Rover Challenge (ERC) is Europe\\u2019s largest space and robotic\\r\\nevent held in Podkarpackie, Poland, directed towards the representatives\\r\\nof science and business, new-tech sector and the general public.</p>\\r\\n<h2 id=\\\"robohacks\\\">RoboHacks</h2>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"Robotics_robohacks.jpg\\\" title=\\\"RoboHacks\\\" width=\\\"400\\\"\\r\\nalt=\\\"RoboHacks\\\" /> RoboHacks is a robotics exhibition and hackathon\\r\\nhosted at McGill University, Montreal. As the largest MLH-sanctioned\\r\\nrobotics hackathon, RoboHacks is McGill Robotics' largest outreach\\r\\ninitative each year.</p>\\r\\n<p>Every Spring, 250 awesome CEGEP, Undergraduate, and Graduate students\\r\\ncome together for powering through 24 hours of thrilling caffeine-fueled\\r\\ninvention and engaged learning related to the field of robotics. For 24\\r\\nhours, RoboHacks aims to cultivate the perfect environment to spark\\r\\nlearning, innovation, and a whole load of fun.</p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"Category:Design_Teams\\\" class=\\\"wikilink\\\"\\r\\ntitle=\\\"Category:Design Teams\\\">Category:Design Teams</a></p>\\r\\n\", \"id\": \"50279fff-cc74-41f3-a7e9-a5f07af1be6f\"}]",

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