Aaron Rover Reveal Update (#41)

* Aaron: Updated the mission statement and added biology section in the About Us page, updated overview of rovers section in the Projects page and updated the team photo in the Join Us page.

* Aaron: revised the hero paragraph on the homepage, the mission statement on the About Us page, and the Overview of Rovers section on the Projects page.

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Co-authored-by: Quashnock <awq@uw.edu>

Author: Quashnock

about_us.html

@@ -72,16 +72,9 @@ <h1>ABOUT US</h1>
                         <h1>Mission Statement</h1>
 
                         <p>
-                            TrickFire is all about giving our members hands-on
-                            education that can only be experienced working on a
-                            large-scale project. For the last several years,
-                            this project has been the NASA Robotics Mining
-                            Competition, an annual event that pits fifty college
-                            robotics teams around the nation to build the most
-                            efficient autonomous lunar mining rover. The team
-                            works year-round to design, manufacture, and test
-                            the rover, just in time to travel to Kennedy Space
-                            Center, Florida for the competition.
+                            TrickFire's mission is to give students hands-on experience and skills in software, business, biology, and mechanical and electrical engineering 
+                            skills. This helps prepare students for their resumes by giving them a real world collaborative experience that only working on a large-scale project can give. Since 2021 TrickFire robotics has participated in the University Robotics Competition (URC). The URC pits
+                            over a hundred teams, both domestic and international, to build a rover that manipulates different objects, detects life, and can operate autonomously.
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@@ -113,16 +106,9 @@ <h1>Mission Statement</h1>
                         <h1>Mission Statement</h1>
 
                         <p>
-                            Trickfire is all about giving our members hands-on
-                            education that can only be experienced working on a
-                            large-scale project. For the last several years,
-                            this project has been the NASA Robotics Mining
-                            Competition, and annual event that pits 50 college
-                            robotics teams around the nation to build the most
-                            efficient autonomous lunar mining rover. The team
-                            works year-round to design, manufacture, and test
-                            the rover, just in time to travel to Kennedy Space
-                            Center, FL for the competition.
+                            TrickFire's mission is to give students hands-on experience and skills in software, business, biology, and mechanical and electrical engineering 
+                            skills. This helps prepare students for their resumes by giving them a real world collaborative experience that only working on a large-scale project can give. Since 2021 TrickFire robotics has participated in the University Robotics Competition (URC). The URC pits
+                            over a hundred teams, both domestic and international, to build a rover that manipulates different objects, detects life, and can operate autonomously.
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                             <br />
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@@ -258,6 +244,23 @@ <h1>Outreach</h1>
                         </p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <div class="row flex-nowrap row-pic-right row-padding">
+                    <img src="./assets/images/slanted_biology_2024.png" />
+
+                    <div class="words-on-background">
+                        <img
+                            src="./assets/images/fixed_index_header_left.png"
+                        />
+
+                        <h1>Biology</h1>
+
+                        <p>
+                            The biology team focuses on developing a life-detection system. Established as a collaboration with UWB Biology Club,
+                            the team researches on methods to identify microbiomes in soil. We look for members with Biology/Biochemistry or Life Sciences 
+                            interest to join us!
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
 
                 <!--VERTICAL ROWS-->
 
@@ -360,6 +363,19 @@ <h1>Outreach</h1>
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                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <div class="small-row-padding">
+                    <div class="small-stacked-row">
+                        <h1>Biology</h1>
+
+                        <p>
+                            The biology team focuses on developing a life-detection system. Established as a collaboration with UWB Biology Club,
+                            the team researches on methods to identify microbiomes in soil. We look for members with Biology/Biochemistry or Life Sciences 
+                            interest to join us!
+                        </p>
+
+                        <img src="./assets/images/unslanted_biology_2024.jpg" />
+                    </div>
+                </div>
             </div>
 
             <div class="space-after-rows"></div>

assets/css/join_us.css

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 .join-us-photo-section {
-  background-position: 0 55%;
-  background-image: url("../images/photo_section/team_photo_2020_compressed.jpg");
+  background-position: 0 45%;
+  background-image: url("../images/photo_section/team_photo_2024_compressed.jpg");
 }

assets/images/photo_section/team_photo_2024_compressed.jpg

@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@
                         <p class="text-intro">
                             TrickFire Robotics is a student-led robotics team focused on providing a 
                             unique educational experience through hands-on work on large scale projects. 
-                            Since 2016 the team has traveled to the Kennedy Space Center to represent the 
-                            University of Washington Bothell at the annual NASA Robotics Mining Competition.
-                             A competition that pits fifty college teams to design and build a rover that can mine on the surface of the moon.
+                            TrickFire originally competed in the NASA Lunabotics RMC from 2016 to 2021 and
+                            now competes in the University Rover Challenge hosted by The Mars Society.
                         </p> 
 
                     </div>

assets/images/slanted_biology_2024.png

@@ -71,23 +71,19 @@ <h1>PROJECTS</h1>
                         <h1>Overview of Rovers</h1>
 
                         <p>
-                            The NASA Robotics Mining Competition is a
-                            competition hosted by NASA, where fifty teams across
-                            the United States compete to build the best rover
-                            that can mine under a simulated surface of the moon.
-                            A rover starts at the home base, navigates through
-                            obstacles, and then reaches a mining zone where it
-                            has to break through a few layers. It then digs out
-                            regolith (gravel) and transports it back to the home
-                            base, where it deposits the regolith. The process is
-                            repeated multiple times.
+                            <br/>
+                            TrickFire Robotics has built rovers for the NASA Robotics Mining Competition (RMC) and the University Rover Challenge (URC). 
+                            The NASA RMC pitted fifty teams across the United States to construct a rover that is capable of mining through a simulated lunar surface.  
+                            The URC, which TrickFire currently competes in, has rovers navigate a marked path, search an area for a rock specimen, and then deliver it 
+                            to a Sample Cache. Then, rovers will collect a new rock and deliver it to a Science Box while searching for a Designated Object
+                            to deliver to a different Science Box. Finally, rovers will assist in cleaning up a Wreckage Area by picking up pieces of 
+                            wreckage and delivering them to a human player.
 
                             <br />
                             <br />
-
-                            In six years, TrickFire has built four different
-                            rovers, nearly building a new one for each year's
-                            competition.
+                            <br />
+                            In seven years, TrickFire has built four different rovers,
+                            with a fifth one being worked on. 
                         </p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -103,23 +99,18 @@ <h1>Overview of Rovers</h1>
                         <h1>Overview of Rovers</h1>
 
                         <p>
-                            The NASA Robotics Mining Competition is a
-                            competition hosted by NASA, where fifty teams across
-                            the United States compete to build the best rover
-                            that can mine under a simulated surface of the moon.
-                            A rover starts at the home base, navigates through
-                            obstacles, and then reaches a mining zone where it
-                            has to break through a few layers. It then digs out
-                            regolith (gravel) and transports it back to the home
-                            base, where it deposits the regolith. The process is
-                            repeated multiple times.
+                            TrickFire Robotics has built rovers for the NASA Robotics Mining Competition (RMC) and the University Rover Challenge (URC). 
+                            The NASA RMC pitted fifty teams across the United States to construct a rover that is capable of mining through a simulated lunar surface.  
+                            The URC, which TrickFire currently competes in, has rovers navigate a marked path, search an area for a rock specimen, and then deliver it 
+                            to a Sample Cache. Then, rovers will collect a new rock and deliver it to a Science Box while searching for a Designated Object
+                            to deliver to a different Science Box. Finally, rovers will assist in cleaning up a Wreckage Area by picking up pieces of 
+                            wreckage and delivering them to a human player.
 
                             <br />
                             <br />
 
-                            In six years, TrickFire has built four different
-                            rovers, nearly building a new one for each year's
-                            competition.
+                            In seven years, TrickFire has built four different rovers,
+                            with a fifth one being worked on. 
                         </p>
                     </div>
                 </div>