Collaborative Learning Environment for Remote Experimentation with Robots

Abstract

A collaborative and practical learning environment that enables students to remotely access a physical laboratory and perform experiments. This experimental environment is extremely beneficial in many academic areas, such as engineering programs, which require both theoretical knowledge and practical training. The proposed learning environment will be used for an online robotics course as a case study. The course will be based on passive and active learning methods. While students can passively learn from lectures and demonstrations, active learning through exercises provides them a unique opportunity to practice the theoretical concepts. After successfully implementing their codes in the ROS (Robot Operating System) simulation environment, students will remotely connect to an on-site traditional laboratory and run their code on a real robot (robotic arm, mobile robot, and quadcopter).