Case Study: Tallinn University of Technology enhances control engineering labs with MathWorks digital twins and extended reality

Enhancing Hands-On, Remote, and Virtual Control Engineering Laboratories with Digital Twins and Extended Reality at Tallinn University of Technology

Tallinn University of Technology faced challenges with traditional, in-person control engineering labs, which did not scale well for large classes and were not feasible for remote students. The university partnered with MathWorks, utilizing MATLAB, Simulink, and System Identification Toolbox, to create a more flexible and scalable laboratory framework.

The solution implemented by MathWorks was the ReImagine Lab framework, which combines data-driven digital twins built in Simulink with extended reality (XR) technologies. This created immersive, hands-on, virtual, and remote laboratory experiences for students, enabling greater scalability and accessibility. Student feedback from a usability study was positive, finding the XR experience more engaging than a standard desktop simulation, and the framework has been expanded to include eight different lab experiments.

Tallinn University of Technology

Aleksei Tepljakov

Tallinn University of Technology