Senior Design Team 45 • 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

Tyler Johnson

Project Manager

Electrical Engineer

Connor Ryan

Physical Systems Lead

Electrical Engineer

Austin Beinder

Simulation/Controls Lead

Electrical Engineer

Emily Anderson

Telemetry/Backend Lead

Software Engineer

Grant Giansanti

Client Interaction/Testing

Computer Engineer

Cole Hunt

Git Master/Device OS

Computer Engineer

Gautham Ajith

YouTube/GUI Lead

Computer Engineer





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Design Documents 491

Design Document
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Design Documents 492

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