McMaster AutoPlow

Started in 2019, we are a group of student building an autonomous sidewalk snow plowing robot for...

• Social Responsibility→ help those with disabilities mobility challenge to navigate in snow

City of Hamilton only provides side walk snow clearing services to one third of its sidewalk within 3 days, while city roads are plowed within 8 hours

• Environmental Sustainability → reduce snow salt usage to protect water bodies

City of Toronto alone uses 130,000 tons of snow-melting salt annually, these chemicals collect in lakes and local water shed

• Students →  collaborate to solve real-world problems

Many university technical clubs are based on competitions, but very few are open sourced and human centered