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Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 Released
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Open Learning - Robot Kits
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 06:00

Highlights from Ars Technica:

agi-conference-smallMicrosoft has released Robotics Developer Studio (RDS) 2008 R2, an upgrade to the existing 2008 version. The Express Edition is available for free from the Microsoft Download Center (Offline installation: 376.8 MB; Online installation: 97.4MB). The Standard Edition can be purchased online ($500) or downloaded from MSDN Subscribers Downloads or obtained via BizSpark. The Academic Edition, which is identical, is available from DreamSpark or MSDNAA. The RDS 2008 R2 Standard Edition Upgrade requires that RDS 2008 Standard Edition be already installed. Concurrent with the R2 release, Microsoft has also redesigned the Microsoft Robotics homepage over at microsoft.com/robotics

R2 includes a new DSS Log Analyzer tool, which graphically shows you the message traffic between services in the Services View. It can be used filter the messages and to zoom in on particular message in the Time Line View to examine its contents. Temporal relationships between messages are clearly shown in the Causality View.

The Visual Simulation Environment has also been updated: a number of new simulated sensors have been added to the simulation environment, including Sonar, Light (Brightness), Color, Compass, Infrared Range, and GPS. There are also new Simulation Tutorials that illustrate how to use the new simulated sensors and also how to place multiple robots into the simulation environment simultaneously. A rudimentary robot, without a 3D mesh, can be used to show the basic principles of simulation.

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A Channel 9 video demonstration of the MRDS:


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