REMOTE LABORATORY: CONDUCTING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS OVER THE INTERNET

Laboratory experiments are an important and integral part of the learning experience for undergraduate engineering students. They help the students in getting hands-on experience and in better understanding theoretical concepts. In recent years, a significant number of remotely accessible experiments have been developed and integrated into engineering laboratory courses at many educational institutions worldwide. There exist several approaches and technologies for making experimental hardware accessible via the Internet. This paper will discuss some of the available technologies and a specific method for acquiring data from experimental setups via LabVIEW Virtual Instruments over a network. As an example, a remote experimental apparatus that was developed by upgrading a commercially available air flow rig with remote control and monitoring capabilities is presented. This system is used in a junior-level mechanical engineering course on fluid mechanics. It enables the students to access the experimental setup via the Internet either in real-time or batch mode. For real-time use of the experimental setup, remote panels are used. These remote panels are exactly the same as those that would be used on a local on-site server. They can be run under LabVIEW’s Web server to be observed and controlled by the client via any Internet browser. For the batch-mode use of the experimental setup, on the other hand, simple HTML pages in conjunction with forms are used to generate experimental requests that are sent to the LabVIEW server. This server then places these experimental requests in a queue and executes the appropriate LabVIEW scripts on a first-come first-served basis. This paper will discuss and compare both methods for performing remote laboratory experiments.

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Analisis dan Perancangan Sistem Karcis Elektronik Pada Gerbang Masuk Busway Dengan Menggunakan RFID

ComTech Computer Mathematics and Engineering Applications ◽

10.21512/comtech.v1i2.2650 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 942

Author(s):

Suryadiputra Liawatimena

Keyword(s):

Response Time ◽

Data Security ◽

System Performance ◽

Research Laboratory ◽

Laboratory Experiments ◽

Field Survey ◽

The Internet ◽

Literature Study ◽

Online Systems ◽

Minimum System

The aim of this study is to use Radio Frequency technology to facilitate human activities, especially used in Busway entrances. In this research methodologies used include field survey to the BP Transjakarta; literature study by reading manuals, text books, journals, and articles on the Internet, and conduct laboratory experiments on the Bina Nusantara University Hardware Research Laboratory in designing and making the minimum system . Based on the results of an experiment and taking data on the minimum system, it can be concluded in general the performance of the system is running well, but the response time was not optimal. Some improvements to the system needed to improve system performance, such as raising response time, improved data security, and online systems.

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Manageable and Extensible Video Streaming Systems for On-Line Monitoring of Remote Laboratory Experiments

International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE) ◽

10.3991/ijoe.v5i3.898 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Jian-Wei Lin ◽

Yuan-Cheng Lai

Keyword(s):

Video Streaming ◽

Laboratory Experiments ◽

Remote Laboratory ◽

On Line ◽

Streaming Systems

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Remote Experiments in Freshman Engineering Education by Integrated e-Learning

Internet Accessible Remote Laboratories ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-186-3.ch004 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 60-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Miroslava Ožvoldová ◽

Franz Schauer

Keyword(s):

Data Transfer ◽

Effective Means ◽

Experimental System ◽

Free Fall ◽

The Internet ◽

Remote Laboratory ◽

Physics Courses ◽

L System ◽

E Learning ◽

Web Control

In this chapter, we present the outlines of the remote laboratory integrated in the INTe-L system, using the Internet School Experimental System (ISES) as hardware and an ISES WEB Control kit as software. We suggest an architecture for implementing remote laboratories, with data transfer across the Internet, based on standard and reusable ISES modules as hardware and Java supported ISES software. The Learning Management System (LMS) MOODLE turns out to be a highly effective means of organization of physics courses. The first experience on teaching units Free fall (http://remotelab4.truni.sk), Simple Pendulum (http://remotelab5.truni.sk), and Natural and driven oscillations (www.ises.info – see Remote laboratory) is presented.

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A LabVIEW-based Remote Laboratory

Internet Accessible Remote Laboratories ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-186-3.ch001 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Yuqiu You

Keyword(s):

Remote Control ◽

Local Area ◽

Remote Access ◽

The Internet ◽

Remote Laboratory ◽

Effective Learning ◽

Wet Process ◽

Programming Tools ◽

Laboratory Facility ◽

Laboratory Experiences

Current technology enables the remote access of equipment and instruments via the Internet. While more and more remote control solutions have been applied to industry via Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and the Internet, there exist requirements for the applications of such technologies in the academic environment (Salzmann, Latchman, Gillet, and Crisalle, 2003). One typical application of remote control solutions is the development of a remote virtual laboratory. The development of a remote-laboratory facility will enable participation in laboratory experiences by distance students. The ability to offer remote students lab experiences is vital to effective learning in the areas of engineering and technology. This chapter introduces a LabVIEW-based remote wet process control laboratory developed for manufacturing automation courses. The system architecture, hardware integration, hardware and software interfacing, programming tools, lab development based on the system, and future enhancement are demonstrated and discussed in the chapter.

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Remote Laboratory Portal for Robotic and Embedded System Experiments

International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE) ◽

10.3991/ijoe.v9is8.3370 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (S8) ◽

pp. 23 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Raivo Sell

Keyword(s):

Embedded System ◽

Engineering Education ◽

The Internet ◽

Remote Laboratory ◽

Experiment System ◽

Practical Experiment ◽

Hands On ◽

E Learning ◽

Education Process

Engineering education process is heavily relying on the practical hands-on experimentation. However, todayâ??s education is involving more and more e-learning aspects and learners expect to get most of the content and activity available over the Internet. Practical experiments is not trivial to carry out over the Internet, but using novel ICT technologies and integrated solution, it is possible to offer real experimentation over the Internet. This paper describes and presents the remote practical experiment system in robotic and embedded system domain.

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