IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics · 2009 · 74 citations · 29 references
E-learningEngineeringPower EngineeringPersonal AttitudeMechatronic SystemSystem Engineering EducationInteractive LearningExpensive EquipmentSystems EngineeringMotion Control DesignEngineering Design ProcessMechatronicsDesignEducational RoboticsElectronic-mechanical SystemMultidisciplinary EngineeringRemote TeachingAerospace EngineeringAutomationMechanical SystemsMechatronics CourseComputer-based EducationRoboticsElectric Automation
The E‑Learning Distance Interactive Practical Education project assembled 13 partners from 11 European countries to build a remote laboratory offering 18 online courses with remote experiments, enabling shared access to expensive equipment and reducing technical and organizational burdens. The paper outlines the project’s goals, organization, and demonstrates the realization of a mechatronics motion control module. The module is a mechatronics motion control course covering modeling, simulation, control design, experimental validation, and controller comparison, and its technical solutions, educational strategy, and implementation details were developed and pilot‑tested to evaluate student attitudes toward e‑learning and remote experiments. Pilot testing results indicate that the module effectively engages students in e‑learning and remote experimentation.
During the E-learning Distance Interactive Practical Education project, 13 partners from 11 European countries joined together to build a power engineering and motion control remote laboratory, which would offer 18 complete online courses with remote experiments and high-quality documentation, to students from the universities of all participating partners. The major benefit of this project is the possibility of sharing expensive equipment and lessening the burdens of technical and organizational problems. This paper outlines the project's goals, organization, and, as an example, realization of one of the project's modules. The described module is a mechatronics motion control course, which explains the most important aspects of motion control design, from modeling, simulations, control design, experimental validation, and comparison between various controllers. The technical solutions, educational strategy, and realization details are given for the module. The pilot testing of the module was performed to assess the module and find out what the students' personal attitude concerning e-learning and remote experiments. The results of testing are presented and discussed.
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A DSP-Based Remote Control Laboratory
Darko Hercog, Bojan Gergič, Suzana Uran et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics · 2007 · 183 citations