Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio: Difference between revisions

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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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20081102175220/http://www.microsoft.com/ccrdss/ CCR and DSS Toolkit].

==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>[{{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=yes |df= }}</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 |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 David Worthington, August 1, 2008] |access-date=2008-08-02 |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]]

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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]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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>[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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* [[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 [http://www.segway.com/rmp Official WebSite]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by: [http://www.benaxelrod.com/MSRS/index.html#Segway Ben Axelrod]