Microsoft Robotics Blog

RobotTurK: Disaster Emergency Video system

In 1999 northwestern Turkey was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake which resulted in the deaths of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2008

Use of VOTLS-IQ SDK with Lego Mindstorm NXT

As indicated in one of my prior blog posts Braintech's VOLTS-IQ SDK provides high-performance vision...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/20/2008

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Featuring more than 2,700 companies that showcased their latest innovations, the Consumer...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2008

Home-centric robot to assist people

Robosoft, has now developed and demonstrated a home centric service robot to assist people. The...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2008

Robot Learning and Behavior Control

Skilligent, an MSRS partner, has announced the release 1.0 of its Skilligent Robot Learning and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2007

Technologies to support autonomous navigation from SRI International

I am pleased to announce that SRI International, a Microsoft Robotics Studio partner, has now...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2007

Use of MSRS in manipulation and control ...

The Robotics Research Group (RRG) at University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to the advancement...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2007

Introduction level webcast - a five-part series on MSRS

Dan Waters, has posted a set of video content for students and enthusiasts looking to learn...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/18/2007

Robotic Vision Solutions: VOLTS-IQ SDK 1.6

Braintech Inc, a Microsoft Robotics Studio partner has now released Version 1.6 of its VOLTS-IQ SDK....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2007

MSDN Seminar on Microsoft Robotic Studio (and XNA)

Our MSDN Developer Evangelist team will be hosting a technology day that includes Microsoft Robotics...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/12/2007

Micro/Meso-scale manipulation

The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab is an inter-disciplinary...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007

Cybernetic Transport Systems

Europe is well into the development of new transportation systems that are based on small automated...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007

A growing list of Microsoft Robotics Studio Partners

Microsoft Robotics Studio offers a Partner Program, commonly referred to as MSRSPP that features...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007

3rd Grand Challenge comes to a closure...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge is the third in a series of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2007

Request For Proposals: Human-Robot Interaction 2007-2008: “Robots Among Us”

If you are an academic or non-profit robotics researcher, then you may be interested in the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2007

Robo-Development Conference and Exposition

The inaugural Robo-Development Conference and Exposition was held in San Jose October 25th and 26th...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2007

Performance considerations when using enumerable types

We’ve observed a high CPU utilization when using enumerable datatypes with binary...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2007

Samples Update for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)

The Microsoft Robotics Studio Samples Update package contains a new set of samples and tutorials...

Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 10/05/2007

Decentralized Software Services Protocol (DSSP) placed under Microsoft Open Specification Promise

As part of the Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) release, Microsoft has placed the Decentralized...

Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 07/09/2007

Microsoft Robotics Studio Team releases an update of its Robotics Software Platform

In April 2007 we started previewing Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) through the Community Technical...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/09/2007

Braintech Announces MSRS based VOLTS-IQ CTP

At the International Robot and Vision Show Braintech announced the release of a Community Technical...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007

International Robot and Vision Show

The International Robot and Vision Show, initially launched in 1976, occurs every two years drawing...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007

At the Maker Faire

Maker Faire is a two-day, event that celebrates engineering, science projects, arts, and crafts,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007

Demonstration of mapping technologies

At RoboBusiness Conference and Expo 2007 held in Boston MA, Karto demonstrated their...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007

RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition

Once more again Microsoft participated in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007

Touring the palace of versailles

With the collaborative effort of Orange and Robosoft, Orange Telecom fiber customers will be able to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007

MEDC 2007 Sumo Competition – Behind the Scene Photos

You’ve probably have seen some of the pictures and videos of the MEDC Sumo competition. If not...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007

MEDC 2007 Sumo Competition Videos

Here's a set of links to the MEDC 2007 sumo competition videos. You may have seen these videos on...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007

Discussing Microsoft Robotics Studio at the University of “la Sapienza”, Rome

With the invitation by Profesor Daniele Nardi I will be delivering a talk ‘A Techncial Introduction...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2007

Microsoft Robotics Studio to be presented at the next BioIT-Forum

Robotics have played a critical role in the acceleration of biomedical knowledge most notably in the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will be held in Rome Italy...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007

On-Demand Video Tutorials for Microsoft Robotics Studio

Microsoft Robotics team has now released a collection of on-demand video tutorials that supplement...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2007

Microsoft Releases Soccer Simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)- Preview March 2007

Microsoft has sponsored RoboCup 2007 in Atlanta and will host competitive soccer matches using the...

Author: George Chrysanthakopoulos Date: 03/12/2007

Using the CCR and DSS beyond Robotics

"Can I use the CCR for something other than Robotics?" The answer is yes, and same applies to our...

Author: George Chrysanthakopoulos Date: 03/09/2007

Preview of iRobot® Create™ service for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)

Microsoft Robotics Group has released a preview of a service for controlling an iRobot Create...

Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 01/20/2007

Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0) Available

Microsoft Robotics Group has released Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0) for Web download (see press...

Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 12/13/2006

Posting code you wish to share

We are starting to see some nice creative things that the community is buildng around Microsoft...

Author: t2man Date: 08/16/2006

Microsoft announces the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)

This morning Microsoft Corporation announced the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/12/2006

Robobusiness Presentation slides

Over the last week, I’ve had numerous requests for the presentation slides that were used by...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/12/2006

A selection of pictures …

The following set of pictures was taken by my colleague Stewart Tansley at the Microsoft Booth -...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006

Okay I have installed the bits, what’s next?

I suggest that you start with the tutorials to gain familiarity with the programming concepts and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006

Microsoft Robotics Studio Runtime

A typical robot perceives it’s surrounding through an array sensors and interacts with its...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006

Microsoft Announces Robotics Studio

Today at RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2006

Microsoft participates in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold sponsor.

Microsoft participates in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold sponsor. In addition,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/14/2006

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