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

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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.