IFAC PapersOnLine 52-9 (2019) 121–126 ScienceDirect ScienceDirect Available online at www.sciencedirect.com 2405-8963 © 2019, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Peer review under responsibility of International Federation of Automatic Control. 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.08.135 © 2019, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. INTRODUCTION Among others, in areas such as automation, robotic or electronics, different approaches for remote laboratories (RL) are emerging, which allows access to different kinds of didactic or professional materials. For example, in (Indrusiak et al., 2007) the reader can get a general overview of RL for digital systems design. Andújar et al. (2011) presents an example of this kind of lab, which allows programming and interacting with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development board. (Al-Hadithi, B.M. et al., 2016; Chacon et al., 2017; Ruano Ruano, I. et al., 2016) show RL devoted to automatic control. In addition, in the last work a comparative of the most outstanding RL of this kind is included. An example of RL applied to engineering measurement can be seen in (Restivo et al., 2009). (Nayak, S. et al., 2014) and (Mejías Borrero and Andújar Márquez, 2012) present different RL devoted to teaching robotics. In (Rojko et al., 2010) a power engineering and motion control RL is presented, which offers 18 complete online courses with remote experiments and their corresponding documentation. Within the electrical engineering, there are some other remote platforms, (Callaghan et al., 2013; Cardoso et al., 2015). With respect to photovoltaic systems, there are multiple studies into the use of remote transmission systems to monitor them such as (Chao and Chen, 2017) and (Koklu and Kilinç, 2016), among others. Within the educational field, the virtual lab possibilities have been explored (Cotfas et al., 2013), and RL, (Blanchard et al., 2014; Freeman et al., 2012; Schauer et al., 2012). However, in all those RL cited above and many other approaches found in the Literature, the designed solutions to develop RL can be considered specific. Each of them solves, in its own way, the different aspects involved in RL development. In this paper, a fully open integrated system is proposed, which offers a way to easily implement cloud services for managing the configuration and access to all type of sensors, actuators and controllers (the devices base of the any remote lab). The access proposed is secure, controlled, organized and collaborative. The main improvements of the present work with respect to the previous version of 2013 are the next: - The procedure proposed in 2013 was based on Java and the new one on software supported by the new generation of browsers. - The new procedure can join a set of RL connected to different LANs. - With the new procedure, the RL is accessible as a cloud service. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM Several issues must be clarified before exhibiting the fully integrated tool. - First, the meaning of “open”. To be open, the system must be able to support devices from different manufacturers whose software does not have to be Keywords: Remote access, instrumentation, remote sensor, remote pilot plant. Abstract: An existing lab experience can be made remotely accessible in a relatively easy way. The problem is with the design of a tool which allows any kind of experience to be made remotely accessible. The complexity of this tool is out of discussion. Several universities have been working on it for years. In fact, the Huelva University presented the work “A Complete Solution for Developing Remote Labs” in the 10th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education (2013). Such complete solution was the result of those universities working together. Since then, the joint-work has continued and improvements have also been achieved. Hereafter, a fully open integrated system is presented whose scope is greater than that of 2013. It offers a way to easily implement cloud services for managing the configuration and access to all type of sensors, actuators and controllers (the devices base of the any remote lab). The access proposed is secure, controlled, organized and collaborative. *** Huelva University, Huelva 21819 Spain (e-mail: andujar@uhu.es). *Huelva University, Huelva 21819 Spain (e-mail: reyes.sanchez@die.uhu.es). ** Huelva University, Huelva 21819 Spain (e-mail: mjias@uhu.es). *** Huelva University, Huelva 21819 Spain (e-mail: marcoa@iesppg.net). R. Sanchez-Herrera*, A. Mejías**, M.A. Márquez***, J.M. Andújar**** The Remote Access to Laboratories: a Fully Open Integrated System