Title
A Network of Automatic Control Web-Based Laboratories
Abstract
This article presents an innovative project in the context of remote experimentation applied to control engineering education. Specifically, the authors describe their experience regarding the analysis, design, development, and exploitation of web-based technologies within the scope of automatic control. This work is part of an inter-university project known as AutomatL@bs, in which seven Spanish universities joined efforts to share their experimentation resources across the Internet. The paper begins by providing a background of how the development of virtual and remote control labs with pedagogical perspectives should be addressed. In particular, we present examples of remote labs developed by two of the university groups taking part in AutomatL@bs. We then present the automatic booking system that manages the access of users to each laboratory's didactical setup. Next, we show the integration process of every component into a Learning Management System (LMS). Finally, an overall system assessment of the students' perception of the quality of the experimental environment as a learning tool is analyzed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/TLT.2010.35
TLT
Keywords
Field
DocType
automatic booking system,inter-university project,automatic control web-based laboratories,experimentation resource,remote lab,innovative project,automatic control,remote experimentation,remote control lab,present example,overall system assessment,servers,distance learning,distributed system,graphic user interface,automation,scheduling,client server architecture,robotics,computer simulation,remote control,robots,control engineering,engineering education,distance education,web services,questionnaires,indexing terms,internet,process control,graphical user interfaces
Learning Management,Computer science,Remote laboratory,Distance education,Automatic control,Web application,Web service,Multimedia,The Internet,Client–server model
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
3
1939-1382
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
22
1.36
12
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hector Vargas1221.70
Jose Sanchez Moreno2221.36
Carlos A. Jara31207.50
Francisco A. Candelas41207.83
Fernando Torres519624.92
Sebastian Dormido6869.10
Sanchez Moreno, J.7221.36