MicroCART (Microproccessor controlled aerial robotics team) has been around since 1998. In the past, the MicroCART worked on developing their own large-scale drones from the ground up. Several of the previous prototypes can be seen in the Coover 3050 lab. For the last two years at least, one of the primary goals for MicroCART has been to create, support and update the MP4 lab for CPRE 488 which has to do with crazyflies.
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2022 - 2023 MicroCART Team
# 2022 - 2023 MicroCART Team
Our task this year was to continue development for the CPRE 488 MP4 lab. We wanted to take the work that the previous years team did, and to iterate on it so that students would have less headaches while completing the lab. The largest changes we made to the lab were completely restructuring the lab document to feature both instructions and appendixes rather than too much explanation all at once. The other large change was to the GUI, we added a "Update Params from JSON file" button that uploaded parameters to the drone all at once, which saved a lot from random crashes the backend would experience due to sending parameters too quickly. We also made it so the frontend connects to the backend automatically. Another large change implemented by our team was recording a few explanation videos for MP4 part 1 and part 2 which would be intended to be watched by 488 students that can guide them through how to use the software for both parts of the lab and some helpful tips and tricks on how to make progress. \
