Senior Design Team sdmay19-20 • MicroCart (Microprocessor Controlled Aerial Robotics Team)

MicroCART is a project working with quadcopters, to stabilize them and control them to the point of autonomous flight. It is an ongoing project, each year's team passing their result on to the next. This year's team's primary goal is to improve the usability of the project for research and future development. These objectives can be classified into the following milestones:
  • Toolchain Upgrade
  • In-Flight Sensor Data Transmission
  • LQR Control Algorithm
  • Signal Routing and Power Regulating PCB
  • Safe and Effective Test Equipment
MicroCART in flight in the Coover 3050 lab space
The Zybo Z7 Control board, with a Zynq-7000 All-Programmable SoC
Closer image of the airframe, showing the tracking markers
CAD Rendering of the assembled Zybo Shield
The quad mounted in a fixture that allows for changes in pitch, but not in roll, yaw, or any translational movement.
CAD rendering of the yaw control testing mount clamps for safe and easy insertion/removal of the quad for testing.