This paper discusses a new remotely-Accessible, serial-manipulator platform for robotics education. The hardware is an 18 degree of freedom manipulator that can lock any combination of its joints in any position in their continuous range to emulate a manipulator with fewer degrees of freedom. The manipulator is controlled by an integrated design and simulation environment running on a host workstation, which links through a target processor to the manipulator hardware. The software application is remotely accessible by students via an eLaboratory portal, which manages students' remote experimentation and on-line collaboration. The purpose of this system is to provide a unified educational platform with which students can experience a wide range of serial-manipulator configurations without the need of multiple hardware setups. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2013.