Title :
An Internet based laboratory for control education
Author :
Corradini, M.L. ; Ippoliti, G. ; Leo, T. ; Longhi, S.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Innovazione, Lecce Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The paper presents experiences in the development of remote laboratories at the Universities of Ancona and Lecce in Italy, aimed at supporting institutional education. The remote laboratories provide remote access to a number of "virtual rooms" (containing physical processes) by a commercial Web browser. Different processes are connected to the remote laboratories: a fan and plate process, a robot manipulator, a tank process and a toy-helicopter. Students can use the laboratory for process identification and control, and experimental data files can be downloaded for further local processing. Software and hardware solutions used in the design of the remote laboratories are presented. The integration of the traditional classroom lectures with the experimental training is also discussed
Keywords :
control engineering education; distance learning; educational computing; information resources; laboratories; online front-ends; teaching; Internet based laboratory; Italy; classroom lectures; commercial Web browser; control education; data files; experimental training; fan process; institutional education; plate process; process control; process identification; remote access; remote laboratories; robot manipulator; tank process; toy-helicopter; virtual rooms; Availability; Control engineering; Control systems; Costs; Educational institutions; Face recognition; Internet; Manipulators; Remote laboratories; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2001. Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7061-9
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.980703
