Microsoft Robotics Studio August CTP is out
Another release of Microsoft new technology for robotics is now available for free download, the new CTP includes some new features and enhancements like
New Simulation Features
The simulation engine now supports modeling joints for
controlling articulated robotic arms. To help demonstrate and illustrate how to
do this we have also added a simulated model of the beautiful Kuka LBR3 robotic
arm. (And check out the new sky effect too.).
New Robot Services
We've update our support for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT
services to include support for sensors and regulated motor control.
We've also added services to support several new robots
including:
- Kondo KHR-1
- LynxMotion Lynx-6 Robotic Arm
- Parallax BOEBot BASIC Stamp robot
- RobotConnection Traxster (using the Serializer board)
Also there are new services to support:
- GPS devices
- Inverse kinematics
- Video capture (using IEEE-1394/Firewire and USB cameras)
- Text-to-speech (requires the Microsoft Speech SDK)
Also there are now readme files to document the joystick,
gamepad, and mouse services.
New Authoring Support
We've updated our common definitions for motors and encoders
and added definitions for light sensors, sonar, and articulated arms. And we
improved support for generating proxies with auto-generation of type
constructors for the proxy types. And we've made it easier for you to author
JScript gadgets in the browser.
New Tutorials
We added two new tutorials to show you how to get started
with Python (using the free download
of Microsoft Iron Python) and included a new tutorial for how to create a
service using VB.Net.
There's also a new simulation tutorial to show you how to
model robotics arms. And finally, if your favorite isn't yet supported, there's
a new Robotics Tutorial 6 that shows you how interface with any robot that
can't natively run our runtime.
for more information and download go to
http://msdn.micorosft.com/robotics