Virtual and remote robotic laboratory: Comparative experimental evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 360-369

  Tzafestas, Costas S ^a   Palaiologou, Nektaria ^b   Alifragis, Manthos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distance training; Evaluation methodology; Remote laboratory; Telerobotics; Virtual robotic laboratory

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; EVALUATION; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

DISTANCE TRAINING; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; REMOTE LABORATORY; TELEROBOTICS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33747627388     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2006.879255     Document Type: Article

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