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Instructions

Welcome to the Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group! 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.

  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. 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. Add your respective subteam role first!

  5. In ⁠#role-signup, grab the subteam bootcamper role(s) you're interested in!

  6. Send a message in #⁠introductions! There's a pinned message you can follow as a template.

  7. Decide which WARG subteam you’d like to join first! See below for our subteam descriptions.

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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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

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

Here's to putting something great in the sky! 🍻

Subteam Descriptions

Sometimes newer members aren’t sure which subteam they should try out! Feel free to read the descriptions below and ask in discord if you have further questions.

Mechanical

The Mechanical subteam works on the design, construction, and testing of remotely piloted aircraft. Team members gain exposure to the design process and make justifiable mechanical design decisions based on project limitations and requirements.

Operations

Operations help with sponsorship outreach, marketing campaigns and produce graphic designs. Team members can gain both administrative and managerial experience as the designated support division for our technical subteams, ensure the remainder of the team have access to sufficient resources to meet their project deliverables and succeed.

Electrical

The Electrical subteam designs custom aircraft and flight circuitry, including flight controllers, motor controllers, voltage regulators, and more. Learn the ins and outs of schematic and PCB design, manufacturing, and hardware testing/validation.

Embedded Flight Software

Embedded Flight Software (EFS) develops custom flight software supporting sensor interfacing, controls, and autonomy. This includes writing state machines for path management and telemetry, writing sensor drivers, and implementing control algorithms such as PID loops.

Autonomy

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

To be a full member of WARG we require prospective members to complete a bootcamp for a single subteam. To become a member of a different subteam we request that you embark on that subteam’s bootcamp as well though of course you are already a member. Once you complete a singular bootcamp you count as a full member of the team! You are of course allowed to complete multiple bootcamps if you want to (they are good fun!) and you can do multiple bootcamps simultaneously.

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