Design and implementation of a remote lab for teaching programming and robotics

Lima, João Paulo Cardoso de; Carlos, Lucas Mellos; Simão, José Pedro Schardosim; Pereira, Josiel; Mafra, Paulo; Silva, Juarez Bento da

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.11.133

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“…In this work, two of the previously mentioned state of the art remote laboratories and its architectures [37], [38] have been thoroughly analyzed with the aim of creating comparative data. These laboratories and its architectures are representative of the main trends in microcontroller-based and embedded systems remote laboratories.…”

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Improving the Scalability and Replicability of Embedded Systems Remote Laboratories Through a Cost-Effective Architecture

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Online remote laboratories are a particularly promising tool for effective STEM education. They offer online universal access to different hardware devices in which students can experiment and can test and improve their knowledge. However, most of them have two significant limitations. First, given that most of them are developed as, or evolve from single-user proofs of concept, they have no scalability provisions other than full laboratory replication. And second, when this is done, cost efficiency is often neglected. This paper presents the requirements for the creation of a novel remote laboratory architecture focused on, but not limited to, embedded systems experimentation. An architecture, based on Redis (an open source, in-memory data structure store, which is often used as database, cache or message broker), a modular design, and hardware-sharing techniques, is proposed in order to achieve the combined requirements of high scalability and cost efficiency. This mixed hardware-software architecture serves as a basis for the development of remote laboratories, especially those focused on microcontroller-based systems experimentation and embedded devices experimentation. From a user perspective the architecture is webbased, and has provisions to be easily adaptable to different Learning Management Systems and different hardware embedded devices. A new microcontroller-oriented remote laboratory based on the architecture has been developed, with the aim of providing valid evaluation data, and has been used in a real environment. The architecture and the resulting remote laboratory have been compared with other state of the art remote laboratories and their architectures. Results suggest that the proposed architecture does indeed meet the main requirements, which are scalability through replicability and cost efficiency. Furthermore, similarly to previous architectures, it promotes usability, universal access, modularity and reliability. INDEX TERMS Remote laboratory, scalability, embedded system, online experimentation, architecture. JAVIER GARCÍA-ZUBÍA (M'08-SM'11) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Deusto, Spain. He is currently a Full Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Deusto. He is the Leader of the WebLab-Deusto Research Group. His research interests include remote laboratory design, implementation, and evaluation. DIEGO LÓPEZ-DE-IPIÑA received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge, in 2002. Responsible for several modules in the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer engineering, he is interested in pervasive computing, the IoT, semantic service middleware, open linked data, and social data mining. He is currently an Associate Professor and a Principal Researcher with the MORElab Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Deusto. He is taking and has taken part in several big consortium-based research European (EDI, GreenSoul, WeLive, SIM-PATICO, IES CITIES, or GOLAB) and Spanish projects, and has more than

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“…The RELLE RExLab Arduino remote laboratory [29], [37] is an Arduino remote experimentation system developed by the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Brazil.…”

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“…Existem várias formas de interagir com os robôs criados em projetos de robótica. Vários laboratórios remotos têm sido desenvolvidos, a exemplo de [Lima & Siebra 2015;de Lima et al 2016]. Além disso, alguns laboratórios remotos têm sido integrados a Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem (AVAs), onde ele pode ser visto como um recurso adicional disponível para os usuários.…”

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Laboratório Remoto de Robótica como Elemento Motivador para a Aprendizagem de Programação

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“…The development of a remote lab with two user interfaces for teaching programming and robotics using Arduino boards is presented in [11]. One of the interfaces is based on visual programming while the other interface is similar to the original Arduino textual programming language.…”

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A Low-Cost System for Remote Access and Control of Automation Equipment

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AL-Rawi²,

James³

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The shift towards remote access and control of equipment has become more prominent, especially due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Access to physical/real equipment for practical learning remains important for engineering studies. Thus, this paper presents an approach for remotely accessing and controlling automation equipment for engineering practical activities. Specifically, it addresses the issue of accessing and controlling machines for programmable logic controller (PLC) programming tasks. The combination of a scheduler, remote desktop access, graphical user interface, and a micro-controller allows students to work remotely on practical equipment. The lab computer can be accessed via a remote computer to select one of multiple equipment for practical activities. A prototype system was constructed as proof of concept. The prototype system functions as required.

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Design and implementation of a remote lab for teaching programming and robotics

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Improving the Scalability and Replicability of Embedded Systems Remote Laboratories Through a Cost-Effective Architecture

Improving the Scalability and Replicability of Embedded Systems Remote Laboratories Through a Cost-Effective Architecture

Laboratório Remoto de Robótica como Elemento Motivador para a Aprendizagem de Programação

A Low-Cost System for Remote Access and Control of Automation Equipment

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