Microsoft Robotics Studio materials and opportunities
Our colleagues in Virginia and Washington recently ran a session which provided an overview of Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS), its application model and Visual Programming Language as well as peek under the hood at the MSRS technology foundation - Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), and Decentralized Software Services (DSS). Attendees learned:
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How to get started with Microsoft Robotics Studio
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How to easily create services for a wide variety of robot hardware using the Visual Programming Language
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How MSRS makes Asynchronous Programming easy with the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) which simplifies programming to handle asynchronous input from multiple robotics sensors and output to motors and actuators
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How the Decentralized Software Services (DSS) application model makes it simple to access, and to respond to a robot’s state, using a Web-browser or Windows-based application thereby allowing real time monitoring of robotic sensors and response to motors and actuators.
All of the code, materials and tutorials from this session are now available for download on Robert Shelton's blog.
In addition our colleagues in the Enthusiast team here in the UK have 2 Robotics projects underway:
1. UK’s first Robots publication dedicated to hobbyists issued by PC Plus in association with Microsoft
Join the home-build robots revolution with hands-on tutorials and product news as well as a feature focused on creating humanoids, www.pcplus.co.uk. The supplement is free with the 18th December issue of PC Plus. I also have a small number of copies that I can distribute so If you are a UK academic then please request your copy by emailing me.
2. Calling all Robotics enthusiasts to join in the fun
Enter your mechanical buddy into Robot Idol OR share your creative ideas for the next it robot.
http://www.iloverobots.wotudo.net/
Claire
