Prototype of the modern hands-on smart lab for automation engineering

This paper provides an overview of the European Tempus Project TATU - Training in Automation Technologies for Ukraine (2013-2016). The aim of the project is to build five training centres at each partner university to provide certified training in automation technologies and control operations and solutions in different fields of industrial automation for students and young specialists from Ukrainian enterprises. The TATU Smart Lab - mobile training kit for modern automation technologies is described. This paper also identifies the mechanisms for implementation of the adaptive learning content and the problems related to creation and storage of user profiles of the intellectual system "Smart lab" for different modes of learning. The main principles of the "Smart lab" structure and fields of usage are described.