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Unmanned Water Testing Vehicle
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Our project Our delivered product was a prototype that is capable of autonomously navigating to multiple locations on a body of water and taking a variety of water quality readings at different depths. This technology improves safety by removing the…
Evaluating Contaminant Management Technologies for Application in Mine Waste Rock
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Our project Mining plays a critical role in our daily lives, as minerals and metals serve as the foundation for virtually all human goods. However, there are significant adverse environmental impacts that can arise from mining. In Elk Valley, B.C.,…
Ballast Adjustment System for ROV Hercules
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Our project Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Hercules, a central part of the OET's Nautilus Exploration Program, currently jettisons steel plates to increase its buoyancy as it collects samples from the sea floor. Although a simple solution, it…
PEEKbot: Structures
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Our project Over the past eight months, our team has been developing the chassis for a 3D-printed lunar rover for the Canadian Space Agency. The rover's mission is to explore potential lunar sites for further human exploration, as well as test…
The Automation of a Thermal Compound Press
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Our project As part of an initiative to improve the allocation of labour, Corvus Energy required a subsystem designed to automate the compression of thermal compound on energy cells in producing energy storage systems (ESS). Initially, the…
Robotic Zippin’ Airhockey
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Our project We were tasked by the UBC Engineering Physics Project Lab to develop a platform for a next-generation AI and Automation course. Over the last two years, we designed and built an automated air hockey table that allows students to pit…
Monitor Nature with AI Automatic Change Detection
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Our project Billions of trees are lost due to deforestation every year, increasing the severity of the impacts of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Immediate action is required to prevent more trees from being cut. We developed an easy-to-use…
Lynn Creek Bridge Replacement
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Our project The Lynn Creek bridge is located on the Main Street / Cotton Road corridor in North Vancouver, which is a major arterial connection to Highway 1 and is currently a pinch point for active transportation modes and transit. This bridge…
Bioprocess and Biomaterial Applications in Retinal Regeneration
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Our project Maxwell Therapeutics Inc. is a UBC-incubated startup that is developing biotechnology to regenerate multiple co-dependent retinal layers for the treatment of retinal degeneration or trauma. Our project focused on developing a high-…