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We compete in the Unmanned Systems Canada UAV Competition to demonstrate our system’s effectiveness to industry professionals from across Canada. Throughout these projects, our goal is to design and develop a robust autonomous aircraft system, which can be modified for a variety of surveillance and object retrieval objectives. As a student design team, we develop aircraft systems that operate autonomously. The aircraft can be used for surveillance purposes as well as to transport objects to different locations.
With WARG our main priority is student learning. Two of our current projects are Project VANGUARD and ZeroPilot. Project VANGUARD involves students in a multitude of tasks such as protoyping, designing both the physical aircraft and the code that runs it. ZeroPilot is our own custom-built autopilot system. This great experience for students gives them hands-on experience on how to set up a first-person autopilot system, which isn't something that every student gets to say about their university experience. Our ZeroPilot system is reinforced by a Computer Vision system that provides perception to our drone, allowing us to detect objects and read QR codes to provide autonomous flight. Our computer vision system gives our team members experience with industry-standard computer vision software.
With the university opening back up, we are looking to take advantage of this opportunity to work with our team in an in-person environment, providing our students with a hands-on experience in building and operating a cutting-edge unmanned aircraft.
For the team to compete in this competition, as well as to provide a better educational experience for students in our team, we need the help of sponsors. On behalf of WARG, I am inquiring as to whether [COMPANY] would be interested in aiding our cause.
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