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+.DS_store
+.idea
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+This repository contains a template for setting up a GitHub Pages website to showcase a research project. Put any images you want to reference in `static/images` and upload any videos you want to use to YouTube, then fill in the `TODO`s in `index.html`.
+
+This template is originally based on the [Nerfies website](https://github.com/nerfies/nerfies.github.io) and subsequent [website](https://realm-locus-ral-icra-22.github.io) in the REALM lab.
+
+# Website License
+
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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+
+
+
+ TODO: paragraph 1 +
++ TODO: paragraph 2 +
+
+ This work is part of a broader research thread around
+ Other work on TODO from our lab include: +
@article{TODO,
+author={TODO, TODO and TODO, TODO},
+journal={TODO},
+title={TODO},
+year={TODO},
+volume={TODO},
+number={TODO},
+pages={TODO},
+doi={TODO}}
+}
+