Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio: Difference between revisions

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Features include: a [[visual programming]] tool, [[Microsoft Visual Programming Language]] for creating and debugging 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|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==

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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 [http://www.microsoft.com/ccrdss/ CCR and DSS Toolkit]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}.

==Tools==

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==Notable applications==

* [[Princeton University]]'s [[DARPA Grand Challenge|DARPA Urban Grand Challenge]] autonomous car entry was programmed with MRDS.<ref>[http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/TechPapers/Princeton_University.pdf Technical Paper for the Darpa Challenge]</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">[http://www.sdtimes.com/MICROSOFT_S_SHIFT_TO_PARALLEL_COMPUTING/About_CLOUDCOMPUTING_and_MULTICORE_and_MICROSOFT/32651 SDTimes On The Web, Microsoft's shift to parallel computing, By David Worthington, August 1, 2008]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}</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]]

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* 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>[http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/archive/2010/05/20/microsoft-announces-robotics-developer-studio-2008-r3.aspx Microsoft Announces Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3: Microsoft Robotics Blog]</ref>

* Robotics Developer Studio 4 -- Release Date: March 8, 2012. This release adds full support for the Kinect sensor via the [http://www.kinectforwindows.org/ Kinect for Windows SDK V1]. A [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=228540&clcid=0x409 Reference Platform Design] is included in the documentation, with the first implementation being the [http://www.parallax.com/eddie/ Eddie robot] from Parallax. It also updates RDS to .NET 4.0 and XNA 4.0.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msroboticsstudio/archive/2011/09/17/announcing-microsoft-robotics-developer-studio-4-beta.aspx Microsoft Announces Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta: Microsoft Robotics Blog]</ref>

==Supported robots==

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* [[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) [http://www.arobotineveryhome.com/ Official WebSite]

* [[CoroWare]] [[CoroBot]] and Explorer [http://robotics.coroware.com/products Official Website]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}

* [[Lego Mindstorms NXT]] [http://mindstorms.lego.com/ Official Website]

* [[Lego Mindstorms#RCX|Lego Mindstorms RCX]] (Support dropped in Robotics Developer Studio 2008)

* [[iRobot Create]]

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* [[Parallax, Inc. (company)|Parallax]] [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 [http://www.robosoft.fr/ Official WebSite]

* Kondo [[KHR-1]] (Supported through [http://mrdssamples.codeplex.com/ MRDS Codeplex Samples])

* [[Segway PT|Segway]] RMP [http://www.segway.com/rmp Official WebSite]{{dead link|date=January 2016}} by: [http://www.benaxelrod.com/MSRS/index.html#Segway Ben Axelrod]

* [http://www.surveyor.com/ Surveyor] [http://www.surveyor.com/SRV_info.html SRV-1]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}

* [[RoboticsConnection]] [[Traxster]]. [http://www.roboticsconnection.com/t-microsoftroboticsstudio.aspx Link]

* [http://www.robodynamics.com/roombadevtools RoombaDevTools]{{dead link|date=January 2016}} by RoboDynamics

* [http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/Robots/UBot-5 uBot-5]{{dead link|date=January 2016}} 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 [http://www.zmp.co.jp/e-nuvo/en/index.html Official Website]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}

* CNRobot Co. Ltd [[CRX10]] [http://www.cnrobot.co.kr/en/ Official Website]

* [[Robotino]] from Festo Didactic Germany

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==Microsoft Robotics and the Future==

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio has not been updated or patched since version 4.0, which was released on March 8th, 2012.

On September 22nd, 2014, as part of Microsoft's restructuring plan, the Robotics division of Microsoft Research was suspended, according to a tweet from Ashley Feniello, the then-current head of the division. It is now highly unlikely that MRDS will ever be updated again, however forum members (MVPs) may still offer limited support.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AshleyFen/status/513392391467048960 Ashley Feniello on Twitter: "Sadly, the Microsoft robotics team has been shut down. My card key stops working tomorrow afternoon... :-/"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==

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* [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]

* [http://www.conscious-robots.com/en/robotics-studio/index.php www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for MSRS (Microsoft Robotics Studio)]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}

* [http://www.ageia.com/ PhysX by Ageia Home]

* Robubox's MSRS tutorials and simulator samples [http://www.robubox.com/ Official Website]

* [http://www.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