The Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based environment for robot control and simulation.
| Microsoft Robotics Studio | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Microsoft in association with the community |
| Stable release | Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)
/ December 12, 2006 |
| Operating system | Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Embedded |
| Type | Robotics suite |
| License | CTP |
| Website | Official Webpage |
Features
End-to-end robotics development platform
A visual programming tool, Microsoft Visual Programming Language, for creating and debugging robot applications. Developer can interact with robots through web-based or windows-based interfaces.
3-D Simulation
Realistic simulation is provided by PhysX engine from AGEIA. Software emulation or hardware acceleration is possible.
Lightweight services-oriented runtime
Developer can easily access robot's sensors and actuators, provided by .NET-based concurrency library implementation. Communication is message-based allowing communication between modules.
Scalable, extensible platform
Whole application is robot-multi-platform. Various languages are allowed - Microsoft Visual Studio Express languages (Visual C#® and Visual Basic® .NET), JScript® and Microsoft IronPython 1.0 Beta 1, and third-party languages that conform to its services-based architecture.
Runtime components
MS-RS also includes CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Runtime) and DSS (Decentralized Software Services).
See also
- Player Project - an open source Robotics Tool, similar to Microsoft Robotics Studio.
- Domotics.
External Links
- MSDN Official Pages and download.
- Microsoft Robotics Studio Wiki.
- Channel9 wiki about MSRoboticsStudio.
- Newsgroup or using google groups.
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