Experimental evaluation and pilot assessment study of a virtual and remote laboratory on robotic manipulation

Tzafestas, CS; Palaiologou, N; Alifragis, M

dc.contributor.author	Tzafestas, CS	en
dc.contributor.author	Palaiologou, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Alifragis, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:43:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:43:19Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31329
dc.subject	Distance Learning	en
dc.subject	Experimental Evaluation	en
dc.subject	Experimental Study	en
dc.subject	Graphic User Interface	en
dc.subject	Pilot Study	en
dc.subject	Remote Laboratory	en
dc.subject	Robot Manipulator	en
dc.subject	System Performance	en
dc.subject	User Interface	en
dc.subject	Virtual Classroom	en
dc.subject.other	Distance education	en
dc.subject.other	Engineering education	en
dc.subject.other	Graphical user interfaces	en
dc.subject.other	Robotic assembly	en
dc.subject.other	Students	en
dc.subject.other	Evaluation protocol	en
dc.subject.other	Pilot assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Remote laboratory	en
dc.subject.other	Remotely training	en
dc.subject.other	Redundant manipulators	en
dc.title	Experimental evaluation and pilot assessment study of a virtual and remote laboratory on robotic manipulation	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/ISIE.2005.1529184	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2005.1529184	en
heal.identifier.secondary	1529184	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	Practical training in experimental laboratory scenarios is indeed of great importance since mere lecturing is not sufficient enough to complete students' education in many engineering disciplines. Synchronous and asynchronous distance learning platforms have many advantages such as attending courses from a distance (e.g. in virtual classroom environments). However remote ""e-laboratory"" systems are just now beginning to develop. In this paper, the development of a ""virtual and remote laboratory platform"" in the field of robotics and the methodology of its experimental evaluation are discussed. In the past, in our prior work [10], a first pilot experimental study was conducted according to a special evaluation protocol, in order to evaluate system performance regarding remotely training students to program robot manipulation tasks using the robot's Teach Pendant. The results of the first pilot study are encouraging enough. In this paper, we are focusing on the methodology of the evaluation protocol and discuss ways to extend this study amongst three groups: group-I trained the ""classical way"" on the real robot, group-II (remote) trained remotely on the graphical user interface of the remote laboratory platform, and group-III (virtual) also trained on the user interface, but using only the ""virtual robot"" functionalities of the platform with no remote real robot connection on the loop. Initial results are showing the need for developing real training scenarios in the frame of remote laboratory education aiming to achieve effective learning schemes for students in the engineering field. ©2005 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/ISIE.2005.1529184	en
dc.identifier.volume	IV	en
dc.identifier.spage	1677	en
dc.identifier.epage	1683	en