The final design project for Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE 110) was a self navigating car. This is the design my partner and I built which was the first car to navigate the turns, zig-zags, splits, and stops of the course all the way through on its first try. Read on to see how it was done.

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This is the second ROV (remotely operated vehicle) my high school built for the MATE competition. This was our second year participating and our robot definitely had a few extra tricks up its sleeve compared to last year’s ROV. First of all, the frame was built out of aluminum compared to the heavier PVC pipe used the previous year. (more…)

This tutorial shows you the easiest way to create an executable jar file in Java using BlueJ.

1. First install BlueJ by clicking here if you don’t have it installed already.
2. Type in all your code and compile it.
3. Then from the top menu go to “Project” and from the drop down menu click “Create Jar File”
4. Click “Continue”
5. Name your jar file and choose its directory. Then click save and you’re done.

That’s it! You should be able to double click your jar to execute it.

This tutorial shows you how to compile a Java program using the command prompt. (more…)

My school’s science club built this underwater robot for the MATE ROV (remotely operated vehicle) competition.  This was our first year in the MATE competition. (more…)