Teaching and learning robotics with Internet teleoperation

Abstract

Virtual laboratories offer many advantages for the teaching of technological subjects, such as flexibility in time-tables and
\nstudent access to expensive and limited equipment. However, it is also important to evaluate the acceptability of such
\nlaboratories by the students and the effect they have on teaching. In this article, we present the main tool of the virtual
\nlaboratory used by the authors in teaching a Robotics subject, and which allows the simulation and tele-operation of a robot
\narm. The main results of a study on the impact of the virtual laboratory on the students and the teaching-learning process is
\nalso described in detail.