Senior Design Team 32 • MicroCART Site

Project Overview

The Microprocessor Controlled Aerial Robotics Team, or MicroCART, has been building aerial robots at Iowa State University since 1998. The team is currently focused on increasing quadcopter resources and available through the following ways:



Designing a quadcopter research platform for advanced control systems utilizing a multicore processor.



Build a simulation environment modelling quadcopter behavior for test flights and remote work.



Supporting CPRE488 lab created by previous team and make improvements based on student feedback.



Create YouTube tutorials explaining quadcopter toolsets and project architecture.

Team Members

Jonah Upah

Team Secretary

Electrical Engineer

Ryan Lowe

Software Lead, Website Lead

Computer Engineer

Daniel Zachua

Communications Lead, Client Interaction

Computer Engineer

Yi Hang Ang

Hardware Design Lead

Computer Engineer





Weekly Reports

Weekly Report 1
Weekly Report 2
Weekly Report 3
Weekly Report 4
Weekly Report 5
Weekly Report 6
Weekly Report 7
Weekly Report 8
Weekly Report 9
Weekly Report 10
Weekly Report 11


Design Documents

Final Design Document Fall 2024
Fall 2024 Final Presentation


Lightning Talks

Lightning Talk Product Research
Lightning Talk Problems and Users
Lightning Talk Users and Needs
Lightning Talk Project Planning
Lightning Talk Project Design
Lightning Talk Design Check-in
Lightning Talk Prototyping
Lightning Talk Ethics


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