http://blogs.msdn.com/paulfo/archive/tags/volts-iq/default.aspxTags: volts-iqen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/paulfo/archive/2008/06/19/get-prep-ed-for-mashed08.aspxThu, 19 Jun 2008 18:52:49 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8622115paulfo1http://blogs.msdn.com/paulfo/comments/8622115.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/paulfo/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8622115<p>I will be showing the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio at Mashed08 this weekend.</p> <p>If you are also going to be there and fancy playing with robot programming and simulation building there are some bits you can set up on your machine in advanced.</p> <p>First, get <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/#webInstall" target="_blank">Visual C# Express 2008</a> (or Std, Pro etc etc)</p> <p>Then get the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/robotics/aa731520.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 CTP</a>. You'll note that there is also the latest release you can download (v1.5 - free for non-commercial use ). These two versions do co-exist. There is a lot more free stuff around for V1.5 at the moment so having both may give you some extra options - such as the <a href="http://www.volts-iq.com/" target="_blank">Volts-IQ Vision SDK 1.6</a> (which provides the infamous Face detector service).</p> <p>Now you're ready to rumble. There will be some other goodies to download later - but I'm still working on them :-) </p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8622115" width="1" height="1">RoboticsBBC BackstageMRDSmashed08volts-iq