Didactic Design of a Remote Collaborative Robotics Laboratory

Remote laboratories are a useful mean to improve access of students to laboratory infrastructure. This paper describes the steps taken in designing and implementing a educational laboratory for teaching collaborative robotics technology. First, background knowledge about collaborative robotics, didactic characteristics of laboratory education, as well as competence based teaching and learning is presented. Next, learning outcomes based on Bloom and technical requirements are determined. After that, principles in our laboratory design are laid out. Finally, A small trial run of a Master's course adhering to the concepts and principles laid out herein is presented. The course concept is intended for application in engineering and CS curricula. A first non-course-specific evaluation shows promising results; a large scale evaluation of the laboratory is currently in it's design phase and will be conducted in winter 2023.