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CCR used at MySpace in a highly parallel environment

A video entitled CCR at MySpace has been released on Channel 9. It describes how the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) has been used to handle requests for data on the MySpace servers which process tens of thousands of web requests per second. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:30 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

Learn Page available on Microsoft Robotics web site

The Learn Page on the Microsoft Robotics web site is designed to help you find relevant content from amongst the wide range of resources available for learning about RDS. You can search through the content list in many different ways to find samples, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:28 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

CoroWare Announcements

CoroWare has opened the source of the ClassPack product line. It is now freely available on SourceForge here: http://corobot.sourceforge.net/ . The code includes services for the physical CoroBot , a simulated version of the CoroBot, and an OCU for remote Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:20 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

Introductory Videos on RDS

A series of introductory videos about RDS is being released over the coming weeks. These are intended to be short (about 5 minutes) and cover topics that will help you to get started using RDS. The first video is in three parts and shows how to create Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:11 AM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 Released

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 Microsoft has announced the availability of the Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2. This new release is an upgrade to the existing 2008 version. It includes the new DSS Log Analyzer tool and enhancements to the Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:09 AM by Trevor Taylor | 6 Comments
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RDS 2008 Standard Edition and CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 available on MSDN

Due to customer demand, both Robotics Developer Studio (RDS) 2008 Standard Edition and CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 Standard Edition are now available to all MSDN Professional and MSDN Premium subscribers, which includes BizSpark customers. This enables customers Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:02 PM by Trevor Taylor | 1 Comments
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DreamSpark now available to High Schools

Microsoft announced on Thursday 26th March, as part of its Unlimited Potential commitment, an expansion of the DreamSpark program to include high school students. By offering free access to the latest Microsoft software, Microsoft is empowering students Read More...
Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 3:41 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

Collada Update (Jan 2009) for Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Standard and Academic Editions

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Standard and Academic Editions have the ability to import Collada models that have been exported from SolidWorks. These models can be used in the Visual Simulation Environment and can contain physics entities such as Read More...
Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 5:47 PM by Trevor Taylor | 1 Comments

SimplySim releases new LEGO NXT Simulation Environment

SimplySim has released an application that allows you to control either a simulated LEGO ® NXT Tribot in a rich 3D environment or a real Tribot. It includes several sensors and a "claw". Some sample services are provided to demonstrate how to control Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:09 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

RoboChamps Korean Competition 2008 (KIA Urban Challenge)

Last month a special event was held in Korea (Oct 8th to Nov 3rd) - It was the RoboChamps Korean KIA Urban Challenge. Currently KIA is sponsoring the RoboChamps Urban Challenge (Global competition). KIA also sponsored the domestic competition in Korea. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:46 PM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 Released

The CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 has been released and is now available for purchase online. The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) provides developers with a high-performance library so they can easily write programs for scenarios that require concurrency Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:07 AM by Trevor Taylor | 1 Comments

RoboChamps shifts into high gear

Microsoft recently announced the launch of the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, sponsored by KIA Motors. Similar to the real-world DARPA Urban Challenge, participants will be tasked with programming a robotic car to navigate to a series of checkpoints in an Read More...
Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 10:18 AM by Trevor Taylor | 0 Comments

RoboChamps Amazed Challenge Winners and Sumo Challenge

The RoboChamps Amazed Challenge is over and the winners have been announced. However, the Challenge continues with the Amazing Second Chance Challenge that closes on the 11th August 2008. Download the revised Amazed Challenge from the Downloads page now. Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 6:53 PM by Trevor Taylor | 1 Comments

July CTP of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008

The July Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 is now available for download . This is the 2nd CTP and like the first this one has a lot of new features and improvements. In addition to the list below you can see Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:49 PM by Henrik Frystyk Nielsen | 2 Comments

The MSRS Nao Simulation Competition for Robocup 2008 is now available

The Robocup 2008 Nao Simulation package is now available from Aldebaran Robotics. This package is designed to work with the updated Soccer Competition package provided by Microsoft to provide a simulated soccer field with two teams of four Nao robots Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 10:49 PM by Kylej | 1 Comments
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