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Line 1: {{More citations needed\|date=December 2022}} ~~{{cleanup \|reason=external links in the body of this article \|date=January 2014}}~~ {{Infobox ~~Software~~software \| name = Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio \| logo = ~~[[File:~~MRDSlogo.png]] \| caption = Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio \| released = {{~~start~~Start date and age\|2006\|12\|18}} \| latest release version=4.0 ~~\| latest_release_version = 4.0~~ \| ~~latest_release_date~~latest =release date={{~~release~~Start date and age\|2012\|303\|808}} \| developer = [[Microsoft]] in association with the community \| operating system= ~~\| operating_system =~~ * Tested on Windows 8 Consumer Preview but not supported until final release of Windows 8 * [[Windows XP SP2]], [[Windows Vista\|Vista]], [[Windows 7]], [[Windows Embedded 7]], [[Windows Server 2003\|Server 2003]] up to 2008 R3 * [[Windows CE 5.0\|CE 5.0]], [[Windows CE 6.0\|CE 6.0]] up to [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] \| genre = [[Robotics suite]] \| license = Various ~~\| website = {{URL\|1=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29081}}~~ }} '''Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio''' (Microsoft RDS, '''MRDS''') is a discontinued [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]]-based environment for [[robot]] control and [[simulation]]. Itthat iswas aimed at academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers and ~~handles~~handled a wide variety of robot hardware. It requires ~~the~~a Microsoft [[Windows 7]] operating system or later. RDS is based on ~~CCR (~~[[Concurrency and Coordination Runtime]] (CCR): a [[.NET Framework~~\|.NET~~]]-based concurrent [[Library (computing)\|library]] implementation for managing asynchronous parallel tasks. This technique involves using message-passing and a lightweight services-oriented runtime, ~~DSS (~~Decentralized Software Services (DSS), which allows ~~the orchestration of~~orchestrating multiple services to achieve complex behaviors. Features include: a [[visual programming]] tool, [[Microsoft Visual Programming Language]] ~~for~~(VPL) to ~~creating~~create and ~~debugging~~debug robot applications, [[Internet\|web-based]] and windows-based interfaces, [[3D computer graphics\|3D simulation]] (including [[hardware acceleration]]), easy access to a robot's [[sensor]]s and [[actuator]]s. The primary programming language is [[~~Visual~~ C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]]. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio includes support for packages to add other services to the suite. Those currently available include Soccer Simulation and Sumo Competition by Microsoft, and a community-developed Maze Simulator, a program to create worlds with walls that can be explored by a virtual [[robot]], and a set of services for [[OpenCV]]~~. Most of the additional packages are hosted on [http://www.codeplex.com CodePlex] (search for Robotics Studio). [http://swrobotics.codeplex.com/ Course materials] are also available~~. ==Components== [[File:Reference Platform Robot.jpg\|thumb\|Example of a Reference Platform Robot]] ~~There~~RDS ~~are~~has four main components ~~in RDS~~: * ~~CCR (~~Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) * ~~DSS (~~Decentralized Software Services (DSS) * ~~VPL (~~Visual Programming Language (VPL) * ~~VSE (~~Visual Simulation Environment (VSE) CCR and DSS are also available separately for use in commercial applications that require a high level of concurrency and/or must be distributed across multiple nodes in a network. This package is called the CCR and DSS Toolkit. of concurrency and/or must be distributed across multiple nodes in a network. This package is called the [https://web.archive.org/web/20081102175220/http://www.microsoft.com/ccrdss/ CCR and DSS Toolkit]. ==Tools== [[File:Mars rover msrds simulation.jpg\|300px\|alt=MarsRoverSimulation\|right\|upright=2\|Simulated robot and environment in MRDS]] The tools that allow ~~to develop~~developing an MRDS application contain a graphical environment (Microsoft Visual Programming Language : (VPL)) command line tools allow ~~you to deal~~working with Visual Studio projects (VS Express version is enough) in C#, and 3D simulation tools.▼ ▲The tools that allow to develop an MRDS application contain a graphical environment (Microsoft Visual Programming Language : VPL) command line tools allow you to deal with Visual Studio projects (VS Express version is enough) in C#, and 3D simulation tools. * [[Microsoft Visual Programming Language\|Visual Programming Language]] is a graphical development environment that uses a service and activity catalog. They can interact graphically, a service or an activity is represented by a block that has inputs and outputs that ~~just~~ need toonly be dragged from the catalog to ~~the~~a diagram. Linking can be done with the mouse, it allows ~~you to define~~defining if signals are simultaneous or not, ~~permits you to~~allows ~~perform~~performing operations on transmitted values... VPL also allows ~~you to generate~~generating the code of new "macro" services from diagrams created by users. ItIn isVPL, ~~possible~~it inis ~~VPL~~possible to easily customize services for different hardware elements. * RDS 3D simulation environment allows ~~you to simulate~~simulating the behavior of robots in a virtual world using NVIDIA PhysX technology (3D engine originally written by Ageia) that includes advanced physics. ~~[[File:Simulated Reference Platform Robot.png\|thumb\|A simulated robot with a Kinect sensor]]~~ * There are several simulation environments in RDS. These environments were developed by [[SimplySim]] Line 58 ⟶ 53: ** Urban * Many examples and tutorials are available for the different tools, which permits a fast understanding of MRDS. Several applications have been added to the suite, such as Maze Simulator, or Soccer Simulation which is developed by [[Microsoft]]. * The [[Kinect]] sensor can be used on a robot in the RDS environment. RDS also includes a simulated Kinect sensor. The Kinect Services for RDS are licensed for both commercial and non-commercial use. They depend on the ~~[https://web.archive.org/web/20120103103154/http://www.kinectforwindows.org/~~ Kinect for Windows SDK]. ==Notable applications== * [[Princeton University]]'s [[DARPA Grand Challenge\|DARPA Urban Grand Challenge]] [[autonomous car]] entry was programmed with MRDS.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/TechPapers/Princeton_University.pdf \|title=Technical Paper for the Darpa Challenge \|access-date=2011-02-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331052411/http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/TechPapers/Princeton_University.pdf \|archive-date=2010-03-31 \|~~dead~~url-~~url~~status=~~yes \|df=~~ dead}}</ref> * [[MySpace]] uses MRDS's [[parallel computing]] foundation libraries, CCR and DSS, for a non-robotic application in the back end of their site.<ref name="sdtimes.com">{{cite ~~web~~news \|last=Worthington \|first=David \|date=August 1, 2008 \|url=http://www.sdtimes.com/MICROSOFT_S_SHIFT_TO_PARALLEL_COMPUTING/About_CLOUDCOMPUTING_and_MULTICORE_and_MICROSOFT/32651 \|title=~~SDTimes On The Web,~~ Microsoft's shift to parallel computing, By\|work=SDTimes ~~David~~on ~~Worthington,~~the ~~August 1, 2008~~Web \|access-date=2008-08-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715061245/http://www.sdtimes.com/MICROSOFT_S_SHIFT_TO_PARALLEL_COMPUTING/About_CLOUDCOMPUTING_and_MULTICORE_and_MICROSOFT/32651 \|archive-date=2009-07-15 ~~\|dead-url=yes \|df=~~ }}</ref> * [[Indiana University]] uses MRDS in a non-robotic application to coordinate a high-performance computing network.<ref name="sdtimes.com"/> * In 2008 [[Microsoft]] launched a simulated [[robotics]] competition named [[RoboChamps]] using MRDS, four challenges were available : maze, sumo, urban, and Mars rover. the simulated environment and robots used by the competition were created by [[SimplySim]] and the competition was sponsored by [[Kia]] Motors~~\|KIA Motors]]~~ * The 2009 [[robotics]] and [[algorithm]] section of the [[Imagine Cup]] [[software]] competition uses MRDS visual simulation environment. The challenges of this competition were also developed by [[SimplySim]] and are improved versions of the [[RoboChamps]] challenges. ==Critique== * The complication and overhead required to run MRDS prompted [[Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering]] to convert their [[Prospect 12]] system from MRDS to [[IPC++]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pave.mycpanel.princeton.edu/wp/?page_id=142 \|title=Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering -Section Software \|publisher=Pave.mycpanel.princeton.edu \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2019-04-08}}</ref> * The main RDS4 website ~~hasn't~~was ~~been~~last updated ~~since~~on ~~6/29/~~2012-06-29. (In fact, the product no longer exists). ==~~Versions~~Microsoft Robotics and ~~Licensing~~the future== * Robotics Studio 1.0 (Commercial and Non-Commercial Use Licenses) -- Release Date: December 18, 2006 * Robotics Studio 1.5 (Commercial and Non-Commercial Use Licenses) -- Release Date: May 2007 * Robotics Studio 1.5 "Refresh" (Commercial and Non-Commercial Use Licenses) -- Release Date: December 13, 2007 * Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Standard Edition (Commercial Use), Academic Edition (Academic use) and Express Edition (Commercial and Non-Commercial Use) -- Release Date: November 18, 2008 * Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 Standard Edition (Commercial Use), Academic Edition (Academic use) and Express Edition (Commercial and Non-Commercial Use) -- Release Date: June 17, 2009 * Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3—Release Date: May 20, 2010. With R3, Robotics Developer Studio 2008 is now free and the functionality of all editions and CCR & DSS Toolkit has been combined into the single free edition. R3 is no longer compatible with .NET Compact Framework development and it no longer supports Windows CE.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/archive/2010/05/20/microsoft-announces-robotics-developer-studio-2008-r3.aspx \|title=Microsoft Announces Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3: Microsoft Robotics Blog \|access-date=2010-05-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523054704/http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/archive/2010/05/20/microsoft-announces-robotics-developer-studio-2008-r3.aspx \|archive-date=2010-05-23 \|dead-url=yes \|df= }}</ref> * Robotics Developer Studio 4 -- Release Date: March 8, 2012. This release adds full support for the Kinect sensor via the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103103154/http://www.kinectforwindows.org/ Kinect for Windows SDK V1]. A [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20141127174852/http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/D/21DBB289%2D2ACD%2D45F4%2DB6E2%2DE625FEA70B0D/RDS_Reference_Platform.pdf Reference Platform Design] is included in the documentation, with the first implementation being the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120303002620/http://www.parallax.com/eddie Eddie robot] from Parallax. It also updates RDS to .NET 4.0 and XNA 4.0.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msroboticsstudio/archive/2011/09/17/announcing-microsoft-robotics-developer-studio-4-beta.aspx \|title=Microsoft Announces Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta: Microsoft Robotics Blog \|access-date=2011-09-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923175247/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msroboticsstudio/archive/2011/09/17/announcing-microsoft-robotics-developer-studio-4-beta.aspx \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|dead-url=yes \|df= }}</ref> ~~==Supported robots==~~ ~~[[File:ms studio create.png\|thumb\|230px\|An [[iRobot Create]] robot inside Microsoft Robotic Studio's Visual Simulation Environment]]~~ ~~[[File:Robotino in MRDS.png\|thumb\|230px\|[[Robotino]] inside Microsoft Robotic Studio's Visual Simulation Environment]]~~ * [[ABB Group]] Robotics - [http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/6a07b8b2b76766e3c125750d0039a76b.aspx ABB Connect for Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio] * Adept MobileRobots Pioneers (first robots to run under MRDS) [[Pioneer DX and Pioneer AT]] [http://www.mobilerobots.com Official WebSite] (Subsumed under reference design) * Aldebaran Robotics [[Nao (robot)\|Nao]] [http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en Official WebSite] (Support dropped in latest version) * Arieh Robotics Project Junior ([[Physical computing]] PC) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110210120350/http://arobotineveryhome.com/ Official WebSite] * [[CoroWare]] [[CoroBot]] and Explorer [http://robotics.coroware.com/products Official Website] * [[Lego Mindstorms NXT]] [http://mindstorms.lego.com Official Website] * [[Lego Mindstorms#RCX\|Lego Mindstorms RCX]] (Support dropped in Robotics Developer Studio 2008) * [[iRobot Create]] * [[KUKA]] Robotics [http://www.kuka.com/en/products/software/educational_framework/start.htm Educational Framework] * [[Parallax, Inc. (company)\|Parallax]] [[Boe-Bot]] * [[Parallax, Inc. (company)\|Parallax]] [[Scribbler (robot)\|Scribbler]]. Through [[Institute for Personal Robots in Education\|IPRE]]. * [[Parallax, Inc. (company)\|Parallax]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923174409/http://www.parallax.com/eddie Eddie robot]. Supported directly by software available for download from Parallax. * [[fischertechnik]] FT16 (Supported through [http://mrdssamples.codeplex.com/ MRDS Codeplex Samples]) * Robosoft's robots [https://web.archive.org/web/20130102031025/http://www.robosoft.fr/ Official WebSite] * Kondo [[KHR-1]] (Supported through [http://mrdssamples.codeplex.com/ MRDS Codeplex Samples]) * [[Segway PT\|Segway]] RMP [https://archive.is/20090806021046/http://www.segway.com/rmp Official WebSite] by: [http://www.benaxelrod.com/MSRS/index.html#Segway Ben Axelrod] * [http://www.surveyor.com/ Surveyor] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100209111632/http://www.surveyor.com/SRV_info.html SRV-1] * [[RoboticsConnection]] [[Traxster]]. [http://www.roboticsconnection.com/t-microsoftroboticsstudio.aspx Link] r * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091228034104/http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/Robots/UBot-5 uBot-5] from the Laboratory For Perceptual Robotics at [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] * [[Vex Robotics Design System]] available at [http://www.codeplex.com/VexMsrs CodePlex] * [[WowWee]] [[RoboSapien]], via the [http://www.usbuirt.com USB-UIRT] device * [[ZMP INC.]] e-nuvo WALK [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216024846/http://www.zmp.co.jp/e-nuvo/en/index.html Official Website] * CNRobot Co. Ltd [[CRX10]] [http://www.cnrobot.co.kr/en/ Official Website] * [[Robotino]] from Festo Didactic Germany ~~==Microsoft Robotics and the Future==~~ Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio has not been updated or patched since version 4.0, which was released on March 8, 2012. On September 22, 2014, as part of Microsoft's [[restructuring]] plan, the Robotics division of Microsoft Research was suspended, according to a tweet from Ashley Feniello, a principal developer at Microsoft Robotics division of ~~MSR (~~Microsoft Research (MSR). It is now highly unlikely that MRDS will ever be updated again, however forum members (MVPs) may still offer limited support.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~news \|~~title~~last=Feniello \|first=Ashley \|date=20 September 2014 \|title=Sadly, the Microsoft robotics team has been shut down. My card key stops working tomorrow afternoon... :-/ \|url = https://twitter.com/AshleyFen/status/513392391467048960 \|website =Twitter ~~Twitter~~\|access-date = 2016-01-20~~\|last = Feniello\|first = Ashley\|date = 20 Sep 2014~~}}</ref> ==See also== ~~{{Portal\|Software\|Microsoft}}~~ * [[Player Project]] – used in research and post-secondary education ([[Open-source software\|open source]] and [[free software\|free]]) * [[Webots]] * [[Project Chrono]] * [[Concurrency and Coordination Runtime]] * [[URBI]] Line 123 ⟶ 80: * [[Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit]] * [[Arduino]] * [[~~ROS (Robot Operating System)\|~~Robot Operating System]] (ROS) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book \|last = Morgan \|first = Sarah \|title = Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio▼ \|year = 2008▼ \|publisher = [[Microsoft Press]]▼ ▲ \|title = Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio ▲ \|year = 2008 ▲ \|publisher = [[Microsoft Press]] \|isbn = 978-0-7356-2432-10}} * {{cite book \|last1=Johns \|first1=Kyle ~~\|last = Johns~~ \|~~author2~~last2=Taylor, \|first2=Trevor▼ ~~\|first = Kyle~~ \|year = 2008▼ ▲ \|author2=Taylor, Trevor \|title = Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio \|publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]] \|isbn = 978-0-470-14107-76}}▼ ▲ \|year = 2008 * {{cite book▼ ▲ \|isbn = 0-470-14107-7}} \|last1=Kang \|first1=Shih-Chung \|last2=Chang \|first2=Wei-Tze \|last3=Gu \|first3=Kai-Yuan \|last4=Chi \|first4=Hung-Lin ▲{{cite book \|year = 2011▼ ~~\|last = Kang~~ \|title = Robot Development Using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio▼ ~~\|first = Shih-Chung \|author2=Chang, Wei-Tze \|author3=Gu, Kai-Yuan \|author4=Chi, Hung-Lin~~ \|publisher = Chapman and Hall/CRC Press▼ ▲ \|title = Robot Development Using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio \|isbn = 978-1-4398-2165-7}}▼ ▲ \|publisher = Chapman and Hall/CRC Press ▲ \|year = 2011 ▲ \|isbn = 978-1-4398-2165-7}} ==External links== {{~~linkfarm~~external links\|section\|date=March 2019}} * {{Official website\|~~http://~~www.microsoft.com/robotics/}} * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/ Microsoft MSDN robotics pages] * [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb483024.aspx Microsoft Robotics Studio: An Introduction] Line 161 ⟶ 116: * [http://mrdssamples.codeplex.com/ MRDS Codeplex Samples] (MRDS 2008 R3) * [http://promrds.codeplex.com/ Additional Samples from Professional Robotics Developer Studio textbook] (MRDS 2008 R3) * [http://www.roboticsnedir.com Microsoft Robotics Studio Community -– Turkey] * [http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.msroboticsstudio/topics Microsoft robotics newsgroup from Google Groups] * [http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.MSRoboticsStudio Channel9 wiki page about Microsoft Robotics Studio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070922084213/http://www.conscious-robots.com/en/robotics-studio/index.php www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for ~~MSRS (~~Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS)] * [http://www.ageia.com/ PhysX by Ageia Home] * Robubox's MSRS tutorials and simulator samples [http://www.robubox.com Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123112403/http://simplysim.net/ SimplySim : MRDS 3D simulation company] * [http://imaginecup.com/Competition/mycompetitionportal.aspx?competitionId=22 Imagine Cup 2009 : Robotics & Algorithm] * https://twitter.com/AshleyFen/status/5133923914670489600 {{Microsoft development tools}} ~~{{MS DevTools}}~~ [[Category:Microsoft development tools\|Robotics Developer Studio]] [[Category:Integrated development environments]] [[Category:Robotics suites]]