Add GSoC24 Projects Page (#834)

Co-authored-by: Sebastian Jahr <sebastian.jahr@picknik.ai>

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               <a class="dropdown-item" href="/documentation/contributing/">Contributing</a>
               <a class="dropdown-item" href="/events/">Events</a>
               <a class="dropdown-item" href="/documentation/contributing/roadmap/">Roadmap</a>
-              <a class="dropdown-item" href="/events/2023-google-summer-of-code/">2023 Google Summer of Code</a>
+              <a class="dropdown-item" href="/events/2024-google-summer-of-code/">2024 Google Summer of Code</a>
               <a class="dropdown-item" href="/documentation/contributing/pullrequests/">Pull Requests</a>
               <a class="dropdown-item" href="/documentation/contributing/code/">Development</a>
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+---
+author: Henning Kayser
+comments: false
+date: 2024-01-26 00:00:00 -0700
+layout: page
+slug: 2024-google-summer-of-code
+title: 2024 Google Summer of Code
+---
+# 2024 Google Summer of Code
+
+MoveIt is planning to participate again in the [Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com).
+Below is a tentative list of project ideas, the content and scope is still being discussed and updated.
+If you have your own project idea, please file a [MoveIt GitHub issue](https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit2/issues) using the "gsoc" label to get the ball rolling.
+
+More information about the MoveIt GSoC project applications [tips at the bottom of this page](#tips-for-writing-a-successful-google-summer-of-code-application-for-moveit).
+
+## Project Ideas
+
+### Better Simulation Support
+Experiment with alternative simulation backends like MuJoCo, O3DE, Gazebo while improving interoperability with MoveIt.
+Investigate new use cases and best practices, and document your findings in a well-structured review page including updated tutorials and demo implementations.
+
+Mentor: [David](https://github.com/dyackzan), [Henning](https://github.com/henningkayser)
+
+### Improved Collision Avoidance
+Integrate alternative collision checking backends like HPP-FCL, or research SDF-based approaches for improving MoveIt's collision checking capabilities.
+Experiment with new use cases like continuous collision detection or online collision avoidance.
+
+Mentor: [Paul](https://github.com/pac48), [Henning](https://github.com/henningkayser)
+
+### Drake Integration Experiments
+Review and understand the different motion planning and control capabilities of Drake and MoveIt.
+Document options for making both frameworks interoperate in solving particular use cases.
+Select at least one use case in MoveIt that could be improved or enabled by using features provided in Drake, and implement a demo application.
+
+Mentor: [Sebastian Jahr](https://github.com/sjahr), [Sebastian Castro](https://github.com/sea-bass)
+
+### Support Closed-chain Kinematics
+Investigate use cases for closed-chain kinematics planning problems and MoveIt's current limitations in solving them.
+Select at least one demo application to implement and demo while improve MoveIt's planning capabilities.
+
+Mentor: [Tyler](https://github.com/tylerjw), [Henning](https://github.com/henningkayser)
+
+### Zenoh Support & Benchmarking
+Enable and test the new ROS 2 middelware backend Zenoh running MoveIt and auxiliary runtime dependencies.
+Set up a simple benchmark for testing use cases like visual servoing for stressing the middleware, and compare the results with the existing DDS implementations.
+
+Mentor: [Henning](https://github.com/henningkayser), [Tyler](https://github.com/tylerjw)
+
+
+## Tips for writing a successful Google Summer of Code application for MoveIt
+
+* **Follow [GSoC's Writing a proposal guidelines](https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/writing-a-proposal)**
+* **Create at least one pull request in a MoveIt-related repository and include a reference to this pull request in your application.**
+* Be specific in describing your experience. Rather than saying "experienced C++ programmer," point us to code that you have written and contributed.
+* Describe your background and experience in robotics and ROS 2.
+* Tell us what you hope to get out of the Summer of Code experience.
+* Reach out to the project mentors on GitHub to discuss your ideas
+* For further questions, please contact [Henning Kayser](mailto:henningkayser@picknik.ai)