RoombaCreate® for Remote Laboratories

Authors

  • Abul K. M. Azad Northern Illinois University
  • Pramod Kaushik Ultriva Inc., at Cupertino, California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v10i4.3776

Keywords:

Remote lab, Mobile robot, Embedded system, and Learning management

Abstract


Internet has advanced significantly with the aid of electronics and communication technologies. This allows us to undertake ambitious activities over the Internet, which are unthinkable even few years back. With this new scenario, performing experiments that involve real hardware remotely over the web is now a reality. Controlling hardware experiments remotely is labeled as remote laboratory. Considering the complexities of technologies involved with remote laboratories, hardware experimental systems need to be customized before they can be integrated within a remote laboratory system. One such system is a mobile robot that can be used for various student learning laboratory activities. This paper reports the customizing of a commercial mobile robot known as RoombaCreate® so that it can be integrated within a remote laboratory facility. The process involves automated movement with obstacles avoidance, wireless control, real-time video, and control over the web.

Author Biography

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University

Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. He has been in academics for 15+ years, and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5M of research and development grants from various national and international funding agencies. He is a member of the editorial board for a number of professional journals as well as an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Online Engineering. He is active with various professional organizations and has served as Chair and Co-Chairs of numerous conferences and workshops, in addition to serving on the program committees of around 30 international conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE and ISA and a member of ASEE, IET, and CLAWAR.

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Published

2014-06-08

How to Cite

Azad, A. K. M., & Kaushik, P. (2014). RoombaCreate® for Remote Laboratories. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 10(4), pp. 59–65. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v10i4.3776

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Papers

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