Remote Laboratory Allowing Full-Range Student-Designed Control Algorithm

The paper deals with the structure and the properties of a system implementing the remote laboratory, in the technical area, for university purposes. This system was intended for remote experiments on physical objects, but it allows virtual experimentation, too. The main contribution is the original software written for this laboratory, created by the authors and tested in the university. The key feature of the laboratory is that it allows the remote student to take full control of the equipment, in order to solve the didactical subject, protecting in the same time the laboratory against possible attacks. The described application is in the field of automatic control, but remote experimentation in the field of electronics or other technical subjects is also possible. The student is allowed to collect data from the equipment, to reconfigure on-line the structure of the equipment and to write his own automatic control algorithm, without being limited to predefined algorithms.