Work in progress: Hybrid lab for engineering learning

This paper describes the implementation of a hybrid platform for experimental activities in engineering courses. The proposed platform can be used as a remote or face-to-face laboratory;it may also be ideal for the new normal after the Covid 19 pandemic. The proposal has the purpose to help engineering teachers to build this hybrid laboratory without specialized knowledge, requiring little time for its implementation and practically no economic investment. To validate the proposal, the process to build the course of a hybrid laboratory for Control System course is described in this paper, which is expected to have experimental activities within the university and from home. After the implementation, the full functionality of the laboratory will be carried out both in its remote and face-to-face format. © 2023 IEEE.

Open source didactic and programmable humanoids

This work shows the development of an open online platform that contains the instructions to build a low-cost humanoid robot. This platform is aimed at all Spanish-speaking educational levels given the lack of information on the development of humanoid robots in this language. The project began at the Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Morelia with the intention that students of Mechatronics Engineering would replicate an open-source humanoid and thus be able to apply all their knowledge, skills, and competencies in electronics, programming, 3D modeling, and additive manufacturing. Using information from this platform, a robot with a focus on outreach was built that can move its arms and head bidirectionally, as well as its fingers. In addition, a second robot was developed with the aim of acting as a health filter in the Covid-19 pandemic contingency. © 2022 IEEE.

In-home laboratory for learning automation at no cost

In this paper, it is shown the development of a remote lab for distance learning of practical contents, due to the contingency caused by the pandemic of the Covid-19. The proposed remote lad has the advantages of building it without the need for monetary investment and that it can be implemented in a short time. To validate the proposal, a remote lab was set up and used in a couple of courses, Industrial Networks and Logical Automatism, from the Mechatronics Engineering program. After the experimentation and the analysis of the information, it is concluded that the proposal contributes heavily to the student's knowledge, besides generating motivation and engagement in the students. Similar results have been observed between the learning obtained in the classroom format and the one achieved with the use of the proposed remote laboratory.