RoboLab: providing remote access to a physical radiochemistry laboratory for teaching and training

Abstract

Abstract RoboLab enables students to perform real radiochemistry experiments without being physically present in a laboratory. Remotely controlled experiments are accessed through a web interface to a physical laboratory. The laboratory equipment is interfaced to a computer that both controls the equipment and provides feedback to the web user. A generic software template, using a cloud service, was developed to facilitate easy communication between the web browser and the control system. The sixth and most recent RoboLab, aiming at the production and measurement of 234m Pa (T 1/2 = 1.16 min), has been successfully developed and implemented using this template.