Publication Type : Conference Paper
Thematic Areas : Biotech, Learning-Technologies, Medical Sciences
Publisher : 2016 International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA).
Source : 2016 International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), IEEE, Kollam, India (2016)
ISBN : 9781509052035
Keywords : Arduino, Bio-inspired robotics, Costs, Distance education, Education, Education computing, Laboratories, Laboratory education, Open Source Software, Open sources, Open systems, Personnel training, Remote labs, Robotics, Scalability, Software engineering, Students
Campus : Amritapuri, Coimbatore
School : School of Biotechnology, School of Engineering
Center : Computational Neuroscience and Neurophysiology, Amrita Mind Brain Center
Department : biotechnology, Chemical, Electronics and Communication
Year : 2016
Abstract : This paper is on free and open source software architecture (FOSS) for remote labs in order to address the affordability and scalability of robotic education technology for sustainable deployments. The proposed Raspberry Pi-Arduino-based model architecture ensures lower cost while allowing some scalability, interoperability, portability and interchangeability to the low-cost online laboratory. Remotely controlled lab provides training skills in bio-inspired robotics. Our previous studies had shown that the implementation of remotely controlled online labs in the curriculum improved active learning among students, collaboration, and augmented problem solving skills. The preliminary implementation involved proprietary software, as the remote experiment accessibility platform, which was later replaced with FOSS technology. The advantages with FOSS included a significantly lower cost and scalability for concurrent usage. The paper also reports on usage analysis and common issues in both cases of implementations.
Cite this Research Publication : Dhanush Kumar, Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Online bio-robotics labs: Open hardware models and architecture”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala, Dec 18-20, 2016.