First Class for Students Majoring in Automation: Algorithm and Practice Based on Self-leveling Quadrotor

Under Emerging Engineering Education circumstances, this paper aims to cultivate the learning interest and strengthen the engineering practice ability of first-year students majoring in automation and control by making a self-leveling quadrotor. Firstly, the attitude calculation based on complementary filtering and the PID control algorithm based on a quadrotor altitude control case is intuitively explained. Furthermore, this paper guides students to utilize Arduino Uno and MPU-6050 to implement the PID control program and attitude calculation program step by step. Finally, the essential hardware and the circuit diagram are given to build a self-leveling quadrotor. This paper can be used as an introductory course for automation and control majors, mainly to stimulate students’ interests and establish students’ systematic design thinking and hardware and software coordination ability.