Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting
Remote labs are a groundbreaking development in the education industry, providing students with access to laboratory education anytime, anywhere. However, most remote labs are costly and difficult to scale, especially in developing countries. With this as a motivation, this paper proposes a new remo...
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| author | Savitha Viswanadh Kandala Akshit Gureja Nagesh Walchatwar Rishabh Agrawal Shiven Sinha Sachin Chaudhari Karthik Vaidhyanathan Venkatesh Choppella Prabhakar Bhimalapuram Harikumar Kandath Aftab Hussain |
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| description | Remote labs are a groundbreaking development in the education industry, providing students with access to laboratory education anytime, anywhere. However, most remote labs are costly and difficult to scale, especially in developing countries. With this as a motivation, this paper proposes a new remote labs (RLabs) solution that includes two use case experiments: Vanishing Rod and Focal Length. The hardware experiments are built at a low-cost by retrofitting Internet of Things (IoT) components. They are also made portable by designing miniaturised and modular setups. The software architecture designed as part of the solution seamlessly supports the scalability of the experiments, offering compatibility with a wide range of hardware devices and IoT platforms. Additionally, it can live-stream remote experiments without needing dedicated server space for the stream. The software architecture also includes an automation suite that periodically checks the status of the experiments using computer vision (CV). The software architecture is further assessed for its latency and performance. RLabs is qualitatively evaluated against seven non-functional attributes - affordability, portability, scalability, compatibility, maintainability, usability, and universality. Finally, user feedback was collected from a group of students, and the scores indicate a positive response to the students’ learning and the platform’s usability. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4072b2a04d4c4d189fd4e58c5d537eed2025-01-03T00:01:27ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-01131106113210.1109/ACCESS.2024.352306610816426Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based RetrofittingSavitha Viswanadh Kandala0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0969-0953Akshit Gureja1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8420-0100Nagesh Walchatwar2Rishabh Agrawal3Shiven Sinha4https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5259-2683Sachin Chaudhari5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1923-0925Karthik Vaidhyanathan6Venkatesh Choppella7Prabhakar Bhimalapuram8Harikumar Kandath9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-7133Aftab Hussain10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9516-9428International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaInternational Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaRemote labs are a groundbreaking development in the education industry, providing students with access to laboratory education anytime, anywhere. However, most remote labs are costly and difficult to scale, especially in developing countries. With this as a motivation, this paper proposes a new remote labs (RLabs) solution that includes two use case experiments: Vanishing Rod and Focal Length. The hardware experiments are built at a low-cost by retrofitting Internet of Things (IoT) components. They are also made portable by designing miniaturised and modular setups. The software architecture designed as part of the solution seamlessly supports the scalability of the experiments, offering compatibility with a wide range of hardware devices and IoT platforms. Additionally, it can live-stream remote experiments without needing dedicated server space for the stream. The software architecture also includes an automation suite that periodically checks the status of the experiments using computer vision (CV). The software architecture is further assessed for its latency and performance. RLabs is qualitatively evaluated against seven non-functional attributes - affordability, portability, scalability, compatibility, maintainability, usability, and universality. Finally, user feedback was collected from a group of students, and the scores indicate a positive response to the students’ learning and the platform’s usability.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10816426/Automated testingInternet of Things (IoT)miniaturizationmodular hardware designpeer-to-peer video streamingremote labs |
| spellingShingle | Savitha Viswanadh Kandala Akshit Gureja Nagesh Walchatwar Rishabh Agrawal Shiven Sinha Sachin Chaudhari Karthik Vaidhyanathan Venkatesh Choppella Prabhakar Bhimalapuram Harikumar Kandath Aftab Hussain Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting IEEE Access Automated testing Internet of Things (IoT) miniaturization modular hardware design peer-to-peer video streaming remote labs |
| title | Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting |
| title_full | Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting |
| title_fullStr | Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting |
| title_short | Engineering End-to-End Remote Labs Using IoT-Based Retrofitting |
| title_sort | engineering end to end remote labs using iot based retrofitting |
| topic | Automated testing Internet of Things (IoT) miniaturization modular hardware design peer-to-peer video streaming remote labs |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10816426/ |
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