```mermaid
gantt
title PhD Gantt chart
dateFormat YY-MM
section Preparation
Lit Survey :des1, 23-09, 24-03
Software training :des2, 23-09, 24-03
section Computational Research
Implementation of existing techniques :des3, 24-02, 24-08
Develop and test novel method : des4, 24-07, 25-01
Prepare Methods Paper : des5, 25-01, 25-04
Submit Methods Paper : crit,active,milestone, 25-04, 25-04
Benchmarking various approaches:des5, 25-01, 25-08
Prepare Benchmarking Paper : des5, 25-04, 25-10
Submit Benchmarking Paper: crit,active,milestone, 25-10, 25-10
section Experimental Research
Design/build :des6, 25-09, 25-12
Documentation of experiment setup :des6, 25-09, 26-03
Conference Paper on setup :crit,active,milestone, 26-03, 26-03
Data collection, analysis, and iterative design :des7, 26-03, 27-03
Prepare Results Paper :des7, 27-01, 27-04
Submit Experimental setup Paper:crit,active,milestone, 27-04, 27-04
section Dissertation
Dissertation : des12, 27-03, 27-09
PhD Defence : crit,milestone, 27-09, 27-09
```
The below is test code to link Obsidian to mermaid graphs; doesn't work on gantt charts
```mermaid
graph LR
A[5d Robotics simulation framework] --> B
class A internal-link;
```