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- "body": "[{\"id\": \"50279fff-cc74-41f3-a7e9-a5f07af1be6f\", \"type\": \"paragraph\", \"value\": \"<p><p><strong>McGill Robotics</strong> is an engineering design team that\\r builds robots for international competitions as well as organizes a\\r robotics themed hackathon annually. The team\\u2019s goal is to foster an\\r interest in robotics through competition, cultivate a relationship with\\r the surrounding Montreal community, and much closer to home, to create a\\r core community at McGill.</p>\\r <p>We prioritize team bonding and growth along with engineering\\r accomplishment, with the belief that it takes a solid team to build a\\r winning robot. McGill Robotics currently fosters four technical projects\\r \\u2013 AUV, Drone, Mars Rover, RoboHacks \\u2013 and one Business Team, who\\r oversees team Finances, Sponsorship, Marketing and Outreach Events.</p>\\r <h1 id=\\\"projects\\\">Projects</h1>\\r <h2 id=\\\"auv\\\">AUV</h2>\\r <p><embed alt=\\\"Robotics_robosub.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"753\\\"/> <embed alt=\\\"Robotics_bradbury.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"747\\\"/></p>\\n<p>McGill Robotics\\u2019 first and oldest project is designing an autonomous\\r underwater vehicle for the AUVSI RoboSub Competition. An autonomous\\r underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot designed to travel underwater with\\r no operator or pilot input. AUVs are categorized as unmanned underwater\\r vehicles (UUV), and are very similar to remotely operated underwater\\r vehicles (ROV), which are controlled and powered by an operator on the\\r surface. Both vehicle systems are deployed in environments that are\\r inhospitable and difficult to access by humans. Some applications\\r include: mapping and oceanography, research and data collection, crash\\r investigations like Air France Flight 447, and oil and gas pipeline\\r planning, inspection, and maintenance.</p>\\r <h3 id=\\\"competition\\\">Competition</h3>\\r <p>Every year, the McGill Robotics AUV Project competes at the\\r International RoboSub Competition organized and hosted by AUVSI and ONR\\r at the SSC Pacific TRANSDEC in San Diego, California. The competition\\r attracts student teams from both universities and high schools around\\r the world. The challenge presented by the competition is to build an\\r autonomous underwater vehicle that can complete a series of tasks and\\r maneuvers that are focused on visual and acoustic navigation. These\\r tasks include recognizing and hitting buoys, firing torpedoes through\\r specific targets, localizing to acoustic pingers, and moving objects\\r around the pool.</p>\\r <p>The competition itself takes place in the US Navy\\u2019s anechoic pool\\r testing facility, shown on the map to the . Many notable companies\\r from the robotics industry attend the competition to advertise the\\r products they develop, as well as to network with the students\\r competing. The top teams win prize money and the opportunity to connect\\r with the most prominent companies in the industry.</p>\\r <h2 id=\\\"drone\\\">Drone</h2>\\r <p><embed alt=\\\"Robotics_gooney_4.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"749\\\"/> <embed alt=\\\"Robotics_suas_2017.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"754\\\"/></p>\\n<p>McGill Robotics' newest project is designing an autonomous fixed-wing\\r aircraft (the drone) for the AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems\\r competition. The drone has to complete its entire missions without the\\r intervention of any human operator, showcasing the potential uses of\\r autonomous aircrafts for aerial reconnaissance, package delivery,\\r geographic mapping, as well as search and rescue.</p>\\r <h3 id=\\\"competition_1\\\">Competition</h3>\\r <p>AUVSI Seafarer\\u2019s SUAS competition has been held yearly at Naval\\r Outlying Field Webster in Maryland since 2002. The competition is meant\\r to encourage students\\u2019 participation in the design and development of\\r Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and increase general interest in UAS\\r technologies and careers. The competition asks participating teams to\\r work on a design which can navigate autonomously, use onboard sensors to\\r identify various forms of targets, and execute a specific set of tasks.\\r AUVSI SUAS also places significant emphasis towards reporting properly\\r on the design and maintaining operational excellence throughout the\\r competition.</p>\\r <h2 id=\\\"mars_rover\\\">Mars Rover</h2>\\r <p><embed alt=\\\"Robotics_calliope.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"748\\\"/> <embed alt=\\\"Robotics_urc_2017.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"755\\\"/></p>\\n<p>Mars Rover Project is created as the second project after AUV. The Mars\\r Rover Project aim to build a tele-operated space exploration robot (the\\r rover) for planet Mars. During the competition, the rover is expected to\\r perform tasks such as autonomous traversal, equipment servicing, tool\\r retrieval and delivery, as well as soil sampling and analysis.</p>\\r <h3 id=\\\"competition_2\\\">Competition</h3>\\r <p>The Mars Rover competes in two competitions: URC, and ERC.</p>\\r <h4 id=\\\"urc\\\">URC</h4>\\r <p>The University Rover Challenge (URC) is the world's premier robotics\\r competition for college students. Held annually in the desert of\\r southern Utah in the United States, URC challenges student teams to\\r design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day\\r work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet.</p>\\r <h4 id=\\\"erc\\\">ERC</h4>\\r <p>European Rover Challenge (ERC) is Europe\\u2019s largest space and robotic\\r event held in Podkarpackie, Poland, directed towards the representatives\\r of science and business, new-tech sector and the general public.</p>\\r <h2 id=\\\"robohacks\\\">RoboHacks</h2>\\r <p><embed alt=\\\"Robotics_robohacks.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"752\\\"/> RoboHacks is a robotics exhibition and hackathon\\r hosted at McGill University, Montreal. As the largest MLH-sanctioned\\r robotics hackathon, RoboHacks is McGill Robotics' largest outreach\\r initative each year.</p>\\r <p>Every Spring, 250 awesome CEGEP, Undergraduate, and Graduate students\\r come together for powering through 24 hours of thrilling caffeine-fueled\\r invention and engaged learning related to the field of robotics. For 24\\r hours, RoboHacks aims to cultivate the perfect environment to spark\\r learning, innovation, and a whole load of fun.</p>\\r <p><a href=\\\" title=\\\"</a></p></p>\"}]",

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