Augmented Reality in Automation

Nowadays the engineering labs have the necessary physical devices to perform experiments that reinforce the theorical knowledge of the course. However, there are not enough elements that can generate an ordinary applied system that commonly involves technologies beyond the course, leaving much to the imagination. Augmented Reality Automation (ARA) is an innovation that incorporates augmented reality technology to the classical experiments, allowing the integration and interaction of several technologies, developing mixed experiments, both real and virtual, that is visualized through a mobile device, such as smartphone or tablet, for the purpose of creating deeper and clearer vision of knowledge. That is the focus of this paper. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.