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Chapter 5
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7793-5.ch005
ABSTRACT
Robotics e-learning environment that facilitates tailored learning for individual
students studying robotics is developed. The developed collaborative and distributed
intelligent environment (CoDIE) enables multi-users to access simultaneously
remote and integrated mixed reality facilities through the web. The developed
system constitutes a robotic center to help in transferring theoretical knowledge
enhanced by simulation and practical experience. It enables realistic interaction by
immersing users in a shared 3D CoDIE. The system enables users to do programming,
simulations, experiments, manipulating data and objects, diagnostics and analyses,
control and monitor actions. Also, users can receive feedback from the system or
instructors. The developed system has been implemented and tested using two real
manipulators and virtual robots supporting real-time tracking and simulation.
Three modes of operations have been implemented, individual robot training mode
through virtual robot models, multi-user mode working together, and individual or
group-based training by instructor.
Robotics E-Learning
Supported by Collaborative
and Distributed Intelligent
Environments
Maki K. Habib
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-8043
The American University in Cairo, Egypt