Open laboratory for robotics education

Abstract

Laboratories are key components in the learning process of applied matters. The laboratory enables students to acquire methodologies, work habitude, knowledge on equipment operation and experience, in conditions as near as possible to their future professional activity. The evolution of communication and information technologies opens new possibilities in educational methods. The purpose of this paper is to present a Web based system for the implementation of a robotics laboratory with didactic finalities. The laboratory is to be accessible indifferently and simultaneously, in situ or via Internet. The system presented aims at providing access to the laboratory at any time, from everywhere, without space problems, paying special attention to safety requirements. For these reasons we call it an Open laboratory.