[email protected] cyberlab.org as cyberlab
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Cyberlab Lab. eksperimenter og Internett-basert undervisning Tor Ivar Eikaas PROST årsmøte 11. mai 1999. [email protected] Cyberlab.Org AS http://www.cyberlab.org. Business idea. Cyberlab.Org AS. Customers. Providers. Background. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CyberlabLab. eksperimenter og Internett-basert
undervisning
Tor Ivar Eikaas PROST årsmøte 11. mai 1999
[email protected] 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“ Our equipment is becoming outdated and we are therefore not suitable in a role as Provider...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“ Our equipment is becoming outdated and we are therefore not suitable in a role as Provider...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