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In this article a new tool for control engineering teaching is presented. The tool was implemented using Java applets and is freely accessible through Web. It allows the analysis and simulation of linear control systems and was created to complement the theoretical lectures in basic control engineering courses. The article is not only centered in the description of the tool but also in the methodology to use it and its evaluation in an electrical engineering degree. Two practical problems are included in the manuscript to illustrate the use of the main functions implemented. The developed web-based tool can be accessed through the link

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In this paper, some computer applications for teaching forward and inverse kinematics in Robotics are presented. These applications, developed in Unity3D and Python, allow both teachers and students to create and manipulate 3D interactive representations of the studied robotic models. The use of these tools has been proved to help students improve their understanding of the geometric transformations and mathematical operations required to solve both forward and inverse kinematics exercises. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 25:420–429, 2017; View this article online at http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI