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Microsoft Robotics Studio

Ok, hot off the press - Microsoft is jumping servos first in to the robot arena with the Microsoft Robotics Studio, a free download for hobbyists, academics, and commercial developers. - Link.

Resources:

Tutorials - Link.
3rd party bots - Link.

Also, check out ROBOT mag's coverage ... Link.

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Posted by: Grudge on June 20, 2006 at 7:59 AM

I did a quick scan of the documentation. It seems that it would be possible to build your own robot using some kind of microcontroller and then create a service so that the studio can connect to it. Something to look into ...

Posted by: benjiwenjifoofoo on June 20, 2006 at 8:04 AM

i don't suppose this whould be available for OS X...

Posted by: rehorstmark@netscape.net on August 1, 2006 at 6:18 AM

Dopes this mean the robot will have to be rebooted every 15 minutes?

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