The Educational Benefit of a Remote Automatic Control Laboratory. A Win-Win Collaboration between Asia and Europe

Abstract

This project aims to implement a Remote European Asian Lab, an Automatic Control remote laboratory, in the joint academic cooperation framework between two universities located in Europe and Central Asia. Emphasis is given to the inclusive solution of a shared teaching facility and its learning achievements into a bachelor course (Uzbekistan) and a master course (Italy) to foresee a better education quality. The different cultural and social contexts allow (a) the evaluation of the effect obtained by introducing a remote laboratory experience in a course entirely theoretical, and (b) the shift from a physical laboratories experience to a remote one. Students are first introduced to this laboratory by the lecturer in dedicated classes. Then students can independently access it 24/7 by simply booking a specific station for a time slot. From the analysis comes out that remote laboratory experiences positively impact learning achievements. The benefits of the remote environment are perfectly comparable with the ones obtained from the physical laboratory activities.

The Challenge of Digital Transition in Engineering. A Solution Made from a European Collaborative Network of Remote Laboratories Based on Renewable Energies Technology

“…Recently, Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TTPU, Tashkent, Uzbekistan) and the Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo, Italy) have developed an academic cooperation framework. The remote laboratory allow students to apply automatic control theory on a real magnetic levitation system [20]. On the other hand, the Complutense University of Madrid has implemented a remote laboratory using the Dobot Magician educational robot.…”