Microsoft Robotics Blog
RobotTurK: Disaster Emergency Video system
In 1999 northwestern Turkey was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake which resulted in the deaths of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2008
Use of VOTLS-IQ SDK with Lego Mindstorm NXT
As indicated in one of my prior blog posts Braintech's VOLTS-IQ SDK provides high-performance vision...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/20/2008
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Featuring more than 2,700 companies that showcased their latest innovations, the Consumer...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2008
Home-centric robot to assist people
Robosoft, has now developed and demonstrated a home centric service robot to assist people. The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2008
Robot Learning and Behavior Control
Skilligent, an MSRS partner, has announced the release 1.0 of its Skilligent Robot Learning and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2007
Technologies to support autonomous navigation from SRI International
I am pleased to announce that SRI International, a Microsoft Robotics Studio partner, has now...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2007
Use of MSRS in manipulation and control ...
The Robotics Research Group (RRG) at University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to the advancement...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2007
Introduction level webcast - a five-part series on MSRS
Dan Waters, has posted a set of video content for students and enthusiasts looking to learn...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/18/2007
Robotic Vision Solutions: VOLTS-IQ SDK 1.6
Braintech Inc, a Microsoft Robotics Studio partner has now released Version 1.6 of its VOLTS-IQ SDK....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2007
MSDN Seminar on Microsoft Robotic Studio (and XNA)
Our MSDN Developer Evangelist team will be hosting a technology day that includes Microsoft Robotics...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/12/2007
Micro/Meso-scale manipulation
The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab is an inter-disciplinary...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007
Cybernetic Transport Systems
Europe is well into the development of new transportation systems that are based on small automated...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007
A growing list of Microsoft Robotics Studio Partners
Microsoft Robotics Studio offers a Partner Program, commonly referred to as MSRSPP that features...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2007
3rd Grand Challenge comes to a closure...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge is the third in a series of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2007
Request For Proposals: Human-Robot Interaction 2007-2008: “Robots Among Us”
If you are an academic or non-profit robotics researcher, then you may be interested in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2007
Robo-Development Conference and Exposition
The inaugural Robo-Development Conference and Exposition was held in San Jose October 25th and 26th...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2007
Performance considerations when using enumerable types
We’ve observed a high CPU utilization when using enumerable datatypes with binary...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2007
Samples Update for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)
The Microsoft Robotics Studio Samples Update package contains a new set of samples and tutorials...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 10/05/2007
Decentralized Software Services Protocol (DSSP) placed under Microsoft Open Specification Promise
As part of the Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) release, Microsoft has placed the Decentralized...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 07/09/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio Team releases an update of its Robotics Software Platform
In April 2007 we started previewing Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) through the Community Technical...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/09/2007
Braintech Announces MSRS based VOLTS-IQ CTP
At the International Robot and Vision Show Braintech announced the release of a Community Technical...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007
International Robot and Vision Show
The International Robot and Vision Show, initially launched in 1976, occurs every two years drawing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007
At the Maker Faire
Maker Faire is a two-day, event that celebrates engineering, science projects, arts, and crafts,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007
Demonstration of mapping technologies
At RoboBusiness Conference and Expo 2007 held in Boston MA, Karto demonstrated their...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007
RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition
Once more again Microsoft participated in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2007
Touring the palace of versailles
With the collaborative effort of Orange and Robosoft, Orange Telecom fiber customers will be able to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007
MEDC 2007 Sumo Competition – Behind the Scene Photos
You’ve probably have seen some of the pictures and videos of the MEDC Sumo competition. If not...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007
MEDC 2007 Sumo Competition Videos
Here's a set of links to the MEDC 2007 sumo competition videos. You may have seen these videos on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2007
Discussing Microsoft Robotics Studio at the University of “la Sapienza”, Rome
With the invitation by Profesor Daniele Nardi I will be delivering a talk ‘A Techncial Introduction...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio to be presented at the next BioIT-Forum
Robotics have played a critical role in the acceleration of biomedical knowledge most notably in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will be held in Rome Italy...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007
On-Demand Video Tutorials for Microsoft Robotics Studio
Microsoft Robotics team has now released a collection of on-demand video tutorials that supplement...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2007
Microsoft Releases Soccer Simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)- Preview March 2007
Microsoft has sponsored RoboCup 2007 in Atlanta and will host competitive soccer matches using the...
Author: George Chrysanthakopoulos Date: 03/12/2007
Using the CCR and DSS beyond Robotics
"Can I use the CCR for something other than Robotics?" The answer is yes, and same applies to our...
Author: George Chrysanthakopoulos Date: 03/09/2007
Preview of iRobot® Create™ service for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)
Microsoft Robotics Group has released a preview of a service for controlling an iRobot Create...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 01/20/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0) Available
Microsoft Robotics Group has released Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0) for Web download (see press...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 12/13/2006
Posting code you wish to share
We are starting to see some nice creative things that the community is buildng around Microsoft...
Author: t2man Date: 08/16/2006
Microsoft announces the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)
This morning Microsoft Corporation announced the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/12/2006
Robobusiness Presentation slides
Over the last week, I’ve had numerous requests for the presentation slides that were used by...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/12/2006
A selection of pictures …
The following set of pictures was taken by my colleague Stewart Tansley at the Microsoft Booth -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006
Okay I have installed the bits, what’s next?
I suggest that you start with the tutorials to gain familiarity with the programming concepts and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006
Microsoft Robotics Studio Runtime
A typical robot perceives it’s surrounding through an array sensors and interacts with its...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2006
Microsoft Announces Robotics Studio
Today at RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2006
Microsoft participates in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold sponsor.
Microsoft participates in the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a gold sponsor. In addition,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/14/2006