Remote laboratory

Remote laboratory (also known as online laboratory, remote workbench) is the use of telecommunications to remotely conduct real (as opposed to virtual) experiments, at the physical location of the operating technology, whilst the scientist is utilizing technology from a separate geographical location. Remote laboratory comprehends one or more remote experiments.

The benefits of remote laboratories are predominantly in engineering education:

Researchers from the Labshare describe the advantages as being:

This allows for economies of scale production.

Another benefit is that this technology can be integrated into Moodle, which is probably the most used Learning Management System around the world.

The disadvantages differ depending on the type of remote laboratory and the topic area. The general disadvantages compared to a proximal (hands on) laboratory are:

Current system capabilities include:

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