tor.i.eikaas@ecy.sintef.no cyberlab.org as cyberlab

CyberlabLab. eksperimenter og Internett-basert

undervisning

Tor Ivar Eikaas PROST årsmøte 11. mai 1999

Tor.I.Eikaas@ecy.sintef.noCyberlab.Org AShttp://www.cyberlab.org

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Business ideaBusiness idea

Cyberlab.OrgCyberlab.Org ASAS

ProvidersProvidersCustomersCustomers

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BackgroundBackground

Costly to develop and build good laboratory experiment facilities.

Particularly costly to keep such systems “alive”.

Many institutions give up teaching with the aid of laboratory experiments.

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Market surveyMarket survey (the why...)(the why...)

Questionnaire & telephone calls• 30 institutions contacted.• The situation is problematic in all institutions.• 90% of the contacts have responded very favorably to

this initiative.• Possible to make approx. 8 experiments available soon.• A majority of the institutions will consider becoming

customers.

“ Our equipment is becoming outdated and we are therefore not suitable in a role as Provider...

...We would like to buy experimental capacity from Cyberlab”

European Univ.

“ Our equipment is becoming outdated and we are therefore not suitable in a role as Provider...

...We would like to buy experimental capacity from Cyberlab”

European Univ.

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Business ideaBusiness ideaCyberlab.Org - Organizer and provider:

On a commercial basis to provide advanced online experiments and simulations on the Internet to the global education communities.

Offer complete web-based control-engineering education packages for the industrial and continuing education market.

The experiment will be provided by universities and companies.

The Customers are universities, institutions offering continuing education, and industry.

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GoalsGoals

• The market goal is to establish Cyberlab.Org as the dominating vendor of advanced experiments on the global education arena.

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Team & co-operationTeam & co-operation

NTNUDepartment of Engineering Cybernetics

NTNUDepartment of Engineering Cybernetics

Prediktor ASPrediktor AS

SINTEF Electronics and Cybernetics, Automatic Control

SINTEF Electronics and Cybernetics, Automatic Control

Cyberlab.OrgCyberlab.Org ASAS

Prediktor

ProvidersProvidersProvidersProviders

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Business idea Business idea (the how...)(the how...)

Technical solutionTechnical solution

Internet

Cyberlab.Org

PROVIDER

Controlsystem

Laboratoryexperiment

Online Web-service

for experiment

Web-service

CUSTOMERWeb-client Web-client

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ExperimentsExperiments

• Complexity

Small & low-costNo local assistanceShort duration (a few minutes)

Large & complexLab. engineer neededLong duration (30minseveral hours)

• UsageDemonstrationsStudents work

Research Benchmarking & test of

control strategy Students work

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Pilot experimentsPilot experimentsInverted Pendulum Crane control Head box for paper machine

The University of Bochum, Germany

Distillation column

Refrigeration cycle

Wind energy

Ecole des Mines, France

Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland

The Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

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DemonstrationDemonstration

Inverted Pendulum ToycopterElectrical Drive

Dr. Denis Gillet

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DemonstrationDemonstrationInverted Pendulum

• Inverted Pendulum in Lausanne, Switzerland

• Stand alone LabVIEW application "virtual instruments" (VIs)

• Video