For the "Automation in Miniature" concept developed in the Erasmus+ project "Hands-on-Remote", the TUMlab received 3rd place in the Lela Award from Lernort Labor, the federal association of student laboratories in Germany.

In the project, a production plant was scaled down so that students can program and control their mini production plant at home. To enable the students to work hands-on at home, they use various digital tools, e.g. an online simulation environment, a multimedia site that allows self-directed learning, and a video conferencing setting with breakout rooms. The digital tools also include new forms of interaction: participants use light signals to trigger physical effects at their team partners places - despite the physical distance. For example, a ball falls out of a dispenser in Lissabon when a student in Munich directs a light signal at his or her own video conference camera.

Hands-on-Remote is a joint project of the Education Department of the Deutsches Museum and TUMlab together with European partners from Poland and Portugal. The Hands-on-Remote project is funded by the EU under the Erasmus+ KA226 Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness program (2020-1-DE02-KA226-VET-008295).