Distributed Control Lab

Andreas Rasche, Bernhard Rabe, Peter Tröger, Andreas Polze

2004

Abstract

The Distributed Control Lab (DCL)[10] provides an open infrastructure for conducting robotics and control experiments from the Internet. It is based on web service technologies and offers a wide range of frontend applications. Within the DCL environment we focus on safety mechanisms in order to prevent malicious code from damaging experimental equipment. This includes source code analysis, runtime observation and the dynamic replacement of faulty control algorithms. Within the paper we present an overview of our architecture and explain the implemented frontends in detail. We introduce the installed experiments and report our experiences from operation in the last years. In addition we will describe our latest integration of grid computing technologies, which allows the outsourcing of computing-intensive simulation tasks.

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Rasche A., Rabe B., Tröger P. and Polze A. (2004). Distributed Control Lab . In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on e-Learning and Virtual and Remote Laboratories - Volume 1: VIRTUAL-LAB, (ICINCO 2004) ISBN 972-8865-14-7, pages 150-159. DOI: 10.5220/0001149501500159


in Bibtex Style

@conference{virtual-lab04,
author={Andreas Rasche and Bernhard Rabe and Peter Tröger and Andreas Polze},
title={Distributed Control Lab},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Workshop on e-Learning and Virtual and Remote Laboratories - Volume 1: VIRTUAL-LAB, (ICINCO 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={150-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001149501500159},
isbn={972-8865-14-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Workshop on e-Learning and Virtual and Remote Laboratories - Volume 1: VIRTUAL-LAB, (ICINCO 2004)
TI - Distributed Control Lab
SN - 972-8865-14-7
AU - Rasche A.
AU - Rabe B.
AU - Tröger P.
AU - Polze A.
PY - 2004
SP - 150
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0001149501500159