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==Notable applications==
* [[Princeton University]]'s [[DARPA Grand Challenge|DARPA Urban Grand Challenge]] [[autonomous car]] entry was programmed with MRDS.<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">{{
* [[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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==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>
* The main RDS4 website hasn't been updated since 6/29/2012.
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* 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>[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]{{dead link|date=April 2019}}</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://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>[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]{{dead link|date=April 2019}}</ref>
==Supported robots==
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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 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). It is now highly unlikely that MRDS will ever be updated again, however forum members (MVPs) may still offer limited support.<ref>{{
==See also==
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