Virtual and Remote Robotic Laboratory Using EJS, MATLAB and LabVIEW

Sensors

Dictino Chaos¹  Jesús Chacón¹  Jose Antonio Lopez-Orozco² 

[1] Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, UNED, Juan del Rosal 16, Madrid 28040, Spain; E-Mails:;Department of Computers Architecture and Automatic Control, Complutense University, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain; E-Mail:

关键词: control education;    mobile robotics;    virtual labs;    remote labs;    Easy Java Simulations;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s130202595

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper describes the design and implementation of a virtual and remote laboratory based on Easy Java Simulations (EJS) and LabVIEW. The main application of this laboratory is to improve the study of sensors in Mobile Robotics, dealing with the problems that arise on the real world experiments. This laboratory allows the user to work from their homes, tele-operating a real robot that takes measurements from its sensors in order to obtain a map of its environment. In addition, the application allows interacting with a robot simulation (virtual laboratory) or with a real robot (remote laboratory), with the same simple and intuitive graphical user interface in EJS. Thus, students can develop signal processing and control algorithms for the robot in simulation and then deploy them on the real robot for testing purposes. Practical examples of application of the laboratory on the inter-University Master of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control are presented.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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