RemoteLab - an e-mail based on-line control experiment service

The Internet provides a new environment of developing a variety of applications for both educational and research purposes. At Purdue University, we have developed an innovative remote-access control-engineering laboratory. Remote control, network reliability, and safety features are integrated into the experimental hardware and software design. Remotely located students are able to develop and run controllers on the experiments in the laboratory, and they can effectively use the laboratory from anywhere over Internet. The service has been successfully tested in a graduate level course at University of Michigan as well as in a distance learning course with the Purdue continuing engineering education program.