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Introduction

Welcome to the Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group! This document will outline the process of onboarding new bootcampers to the team.

Questions/Feedback

For any general questions and feedback regarding bootcamper onboarding please use #⁠⁠bootcamp-general. If the information is subteam specific please use the specific subteam bootcamp channels within our Discord.

Instructions

The below instructions will walk you through the process of bootcamper onboarding!

1. Be sure you’ve read the basic information on our website’s join page ( https://www.uwarg.com/join ) as it explains what a bootcamp is and some introductory information regarding the team.

   1. Be sure to join our Discord using the link on that webpage.

2. To verify that you are a UW student, please type: /verify or $verify in the #verification channel.

   1. For more information, including manual verification, please see https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/fvFg74UH . Being verified will let you see the rest of the channels.

   2. Please do not use the #discord-server-feedback channel for verification bot commands!

   3. If you are not a current UW student please see the below section regarding eligibility for participation in the team.

   4. Please note if you do not see the #verification channel you are likely already verified. Please check your discord roles to confirm this, the role is “Verified” or “Verified Manual”.

3. Change your Discord server nickname to [Firstname Lastname].

   1. Preferably uppercase the first letter and lower case the rest of your name as you would with any proper noun!

4. Decide which WARG subteam you’d like to join initially (aka do the bootcamp for)!

   1. See below for our subteam descriptions.

5. In ⁠#role-signup, pickup some discord roles

   1. Please note the order in which you add roles is important due to some roles having pre-requisites

   2. Add the “new bootcamper” role

      1. This may have been done automatically, but the bot we have doing this is unreliable

         1. If you were not automatically give this role are attempting this step and it is not working please ping a subteam lead or director in #verification and they should be able to give you this role. We have some issues with this step as of F23 term and are working on a long term solution.

   3. Add the subteam role(s) for the subteam you want to start on the bootcamp for

   4. Add the subteam bootcamper role(s) for the subteam you want to start on the bootcamp for

6. Send a message in #⁠introductions!

   1. There's a pinned message you can follow as a template.

7. Send a message in the subteam’s bootcamp channel so that the subteam leads know that you are going to start the bootcamp.

   1. Some subteams have more specific messages they’d like you to send as well, please follow the instructions below.

8. Go over to https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY to get started on a subteam bootcamp!

   1. In discord scroll down to find the bootcamp channel in the subteam categories.

9. Check out the links in #information and feel free to attend meetings. The meeting schedule is available on the Google Calendar and in the Events section of the Discord server. You are absolutely welcome to attend subteam meetings and/or work sessions even before you’ve completed your bootcamp.

10. After completing the bootcamp, follow these instructions to get up to speed: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/N8Kd6UPC

11. Subteam leads will provide further direction specific to the subteam. and please direction questions their way!

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Autonomy writes software for our UAV to deal in its environment on its own and work for extended periods of time without the pilot's intervention. The Autonomy team trains YOLO models to run real-time object detection on the ground, write software for optimizing path routes for the UAV to follow, and develop our custom Ground Station software that interacts with our aircraft in the air.

Resources

Check out some resources in Discord:

• 📖 For common information see #⁠information.

• ❓ For any general questions please use #⁠⁠bootcamp-general.

• ❓ For subteam specific questions please see the specific subteam bootcamp channel.

Feel free to ping subteam leads and directors with questions as you onboard and give plenty of feedback to the process. We’re always looking to improve!

Multiple Bootcamps & Team Membership

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• Bootcamp Introduction: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXyg3PdY

• Discord New User Flow: New User Join Experience

• WARG Team Charter: Team Charter

• Why we use Public Channels: Private Communications