Development of an Educational and Research Poultry Laboratory with Remote Access

Abstract

Training of specialists is the most important stage of technological renewal of the agricultural industry in Russia. The introduction of remote access technologies in the learning process serves as a response to the growth of digitalization of production and allows for the implementation of distance learning programs. Poultry laboratories and experimental farms with remote access are currently unavailable for educational and research purposes. The solution may be to create a model laboratory of digital poultry farming. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in studying and systematization of the domestic and foreign experience in creating laboratories with remote access paying attention to the possibility of its application by specialists for the development of a poultry laboratory with remote access. (Materials and methods) The article reviews the documentary studies of the current state of remote access technologies. Authors conducted search experiments and analyzed the obtained data. (Results and discussion) The laboratories of a technical orientation with remote access are widely represented in Russia and abroad, whose experience can be partially used. They provided links to existing laboratories and materials on their development. At the first stage, it was proposed to use low-budget schemes for organizing remote access based on video surveillance systems and microcontrollers. A simple way to organize remote access is video surveillance with the placement of instrument screens in the field of view of the camera. The Smart Home technology can be used to organize two-way remote access. The article presents the results of an experiment using microcontrollers as a local server with information output to a remote server. (Conclusions) Poultry breeding laboratories with remote access are promising in the study of specialties: private animal husbandry, agricultural mechanization, electrical engineering, veterinary medicine and zoopsychology, they expand the opportunities of remote students.