Quick overview of Microsoft Robotic Studios

Dan Waters has created a 5 part webcast series on Microsoft Robotic Studios.

Part 4

Here is a brief index of the content.

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
   • Setting up the Create
   • Serial port communication in VC# Express
   • Teaching the robot to sing
3. More on serial port stuff
   • Setting up and utilizing Bluetooth
   • Driving the robot in a square
4. Intro to VPL and MS Robotics Studio
   • Learning how to drive the robot via a dialog box
   • See how you can use VPL to create a program without writing any code whatsoever
5. Introducing Autonomous Behavior
   • Using the iRobot Create's sensors and a flow diagram to back up when an obstacle is encountered
   • Conclusion to the series

He also has has his source code for these examples posted too.