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program editor should have a look and feel similar to Allen- Bradley’s RSLogix 5000, which can also be used to monitor the ladder logic program with animations if the Soft PLC is in Run Mode. iii) The data tag editor and monitor should support data as objects partially conformant to IEC 61131 [7], just as all Allen-Bradley 5000 series PLCs are based on Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) where data objects are defined as tags. iv) The 3D I/O simulator should be similar to the lab console as shown in Fig 2 (a) vs (b). It should have: 4 animated switches (double click to turn ON/OFF); 4 animated push buttons (click to push); 16 lights (4 x 4 light matrix) that can turn ON (illuminate) or OFF; 1 fan
technology of virtual reality (VR) into thelaboratory work of engineering technology courses to improve the students’ learning experienceand engagement. VR technology, an immersive high-tech media, was adopted to develop aninteractive teaching module on hydraulic gripper designs in a VR construction-like environment.The module aims to expose engineering technology students to real-life applications by providinga more visceral experience than screen-based media through the generation of fully computer-simulated environments in which everything is digitized. This work presents the development andimplementation of the VR construction lab module and the corresponding gripper designs. Thevirtual gripper models are developed using Oculus Virtual Reality
Officer for the campus. His areas of interests include embedded systems design, broadening participation, remote computing applications, UAS applications research, applied machine learning, mobile robotics, and innovative uses of educational technologies and simulation methods. Dr. Rawat may be reached at ksrawat@ecsu.edu.Dr. Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Mehran Elahi is a professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He holds a PhD. in Engineering ScProf. Bijandra Kumar ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023