Real-time animation of equipment in a remote laboratory

Schulz, M. F.; Chen, Feng; Payne, Len

doi:10.1109/rev.2014.6784247

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“…Furthermore, it has been used in the development of an environmental monitoring system [5]. MQTT has also been used to support research less directly as part of a scheme for remote control of an experiment [15].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Communication Protocol with Geolocation

Srivastava

Fisher

Bryce

et al. 2019

2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring)

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Green communications is the practice of selecting energy efficient communications, networking technologies and products. This process is followed by minimizing resource use whenever possible in all branches of communications. In this day and age, green communication is vital to the footprint we leave on this planet as we move into a completely digital age. One such communication tool is Message Queue Transport Telemetry or MQTT which is an open source publisher/subscriber standard for M2M (Machine to Machine) communication. It is well known for its low energy and bandwidth footprint and thus makes it highly suitable for Green Internet of Things (IoT) messaging situations where power usage is at a premium or in mobile devices such as phones, embedded computers or microcontrollers. It is a perfect tool for the green communication age upon us and more specifically Green IoT. One problem however with the original MQTT protocol is that it is lacking the ability to broadcast geolocation. In today's age of IoT however, it has become more pertinent to have geolocation as part of the protocol. In this paper, we add geolocation to the MQTT protocol and offer a revised version, which we call MQTTg. We describe the protocol here and show where we are able to embed geolocation successfully. We also offer a glimpse into an Android OS application we are developing for Open Source use.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Communication Protocol with Geolocation

Srivastava

Fisher

Bryce

et al. 2019

2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring)

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“…For example, in the Go-Lab project, the radioactivity laboratory from the University of Queensland [40] is used, as seen on Figure 8. In this case, Go-Lab uses the gateway4labs component to contact the iLab Service Broker located in Austria, which uses the standard iLab federation system to consume the laboratory deployed in the University of Queensland.…”

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confidence: 99%

An Extensible Architecture for the Integration of Remote and Virtual Laboratories in Public Learning Tools

Orduña

Zutin

Govaerts

et al. 2015

IEEE R. Iberoamericana Tecnologias Aprendizaje

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Remote laboratories are software and hardware tools that allow students to remotely access real equipment located in universities. The integration of remote laboratories in Learning Tools (Learning Management Systems, Content Management Systems or Personal Learning Environments) has been achieved to integrate remote laboratories as part of the learning curricula. A cross-institutional initiative called gateway4labs has been created to perform this integration extensible to multiple remote laboratories in multiple learning tools. This contribution focuses on describing this initiative and, in particular, how opening it to public systems (where users do not need to be registered) produces new technical and organizational challenges due to the public availability of labs. Additionally, this contribution shows integrations of systems that were not previously addressed in this initiative, such as PhET or ViSH, as well as a new approach for integrating supported laboratories in external specifications such as the Smart Device one through OpenSocial.

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“…There are also combinations of these laboratory types, such as mixed-mode laboratories, which might combine remote access to a physical laboratory, with computer-enhanced visualization of the responses in those labs. For example, in [63] animation is used to provide an exploded view of the inside of mechatronics experimental equipment (an inverted pendulum), where internal sensors in the equipment drive this animation with data streamed in real-time from the equipment [63].…”

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Virtual laboratories for electrical engineering students: Student perspectives and design guidelines

Altalbe¹

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This research is focused on understanding the role of virtual laboratories and physical laboratories, specifically in the context of the electrical engineering discipline. It is important to emphasize that the research is not aimed at replacing physical laboratories as they form an essential part of the education of electrical engineers, but rather to supplement them using virtual laboratories.In the literature, there are different perspectives on the implementations of virtual laboratories. Virtual laboratories can be effective for students, particularly those with limitations, either physical or timebased, who may have difficulties accessing physical laboratories or scheduling laboratory time.Instructors and technical staff may find virtual laboratories useful, but with additional challenges for set-up, maintenance and integration with coursework. At the university level, there may be cost considerations that affect decisions about supplementing and/or replacing physical laboratories with virtual laboratories. Throughout the literature, there are multiple studies that argue the effectiveness of virtual laboratories is equivalent to learning in the physical laboratory. Disadvantages found included insufficient realism, ineffective groupwork capabilities, maintenance of the systems and a lack of appropriate skill set development for real-world situations. Advantages included flexibility for students, more time for experimentation, fewer overcrowded classroom and lower costs than physical laboratories. There were gaps in the literature identified related to virtual laboratory design, such as consideration for learning objectives as defined by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).A mixed method approach was used in the research that included both qualitative and quantitative methods. A detailed literature review was performed, supplemented by multiple surveys of both students and faculty. A virtual laboratory was designed and implemented using the input of the students to better understand what users desire in their virtual laboratory and students provided helpful input to the development and refinement of the virtual laboratory. The results of surveys, along with findings in the literature and findings from developing and implementing a working virtual laboratorywere combined to answer four research questions. These questions were: Research Question 1 -What is the relative capacity of virtual laboratories versus physicallaboratories to enable the desired learning objectives of engineering laboratories, especially those viewed as important by students? In this research teamwork and learning from failures were identified as the most important learning objectives.Research Question 2 -Based on a trial virtual laboratory deployment, which design features of a virtual laboratory are important from student perspectives? In this research realism, online tools for communicating with tutors and a preference for real-time interaction were identified important design features. A flexible, and easy-to-...

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Real-time animation of equipment in a remote laboratory

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Green Communication Protocol with Geolocation

Green Communication Protocol with Geolocation

An Extensible Architecture for the Integration of Remote and Virtual Laboratories in Public Learning Tools

Virtual laboratories for electrical engineering students: Student perspectives and design guidelines

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