METU ANZU is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) project team that began its operations in 2024. Our team is composed of four main departments—Mechanical, Electronics, Software, and Organization—along with a dedicated pilot team. All members serving in these departments are students from various faculties and departments at Middle East Technical University (METU). As METU ANZU, our primary goals are to successfully represent our country and university in national and international competitions, to continuously develop ourselves in every field, and to direct our accumulated knowledge toward research and development (R&D) activities.
Umut Barış Genç
Captain
Mehmet Ali Akıncı
Mustafa Said Sulak
Mete Kayra
Intern
Deniz Baran
Intern
Duru Dolgun
Intern
The unit responsible for identifying the necessary electronic components for the platform, integrating these components into the platform, designing the power distribution, and ensuring electrical safety.
Bedri Anıl Gedikli
Captain
Zeynep Ece Yılmaz
Yusuf Yanık
Kağan Doğaner
Eren Okur
Öykü Özçiçek
Intern
Taha Arda Öztürk
Intern
The unit responsible for designing and analyzing UAVs, determining propulsion systems in line with requirements, establishing production procedures, performing necessary assemblies, and ensuring mechanical sustainability.
Ege Mert Balçık
Captain
Hüseyin Umut Işık
Eren Aslan
Mehmet Alp Özaydın
Efe Kaan Güler
Hüseyin Kerem Aktaş
Ela Naz Alak
Intern
Efe Solmaz
Intern
Creating a route planning algorithm to target the competing UAV based on its location, developing an algorithm that detects objects using convolutional neural networks, creating the dataset required to train this model, writing the guidance controller software required for tracking after detection, and the unit responsible for ensuring communication between the UAV and the ground station and between the ground station and the competition server communication between the UAV and the ground station and between the ground station and the competition server.
Ahmet Rıza Filiz
Kürşat Ergün
The unit responsible for maintaining reports in an orderly manner, sponsorship activities, and recording the images of the UAV.
Mustafa Said Sulak
Bedri Anıl Gedikli
Considering the competition we will participate in and the tests required for the competition, two pilots are needed. We plan to train these two pilots by providing training to our teammates who perform other duties in the team and add them to our team.
Why ArduPilot? We break down the customization of our open-source Flight Control System, from the Pixhawk hardware integration to the specialized PID tuning required to give ANZU centimeter-level positioning accuracy and stable flight under heavy payload.
Ma Dong
Oct 16, 2025
Discover the engineering behind ANZU's carbon fiber airframe. We detail how CFD simulations drove our modular design for maximum payload efficiency, high stability, and quick field maintenance
Learn how sensor fusion creates superior data products. We cover the synchronized integration of Lidar, Hyperspectral, and Thermal cameras to give ANZU a reliable, high-resolution understanding of its environment.
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