Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Wrox's Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio is one of the first guides to Microsoft's new platform for visualizing and programming robotics applications. Written by the founding architect of the product, Professional Microsoft Robotics Studio is heavy on examples making this a hands-on guide that will get readers building robotics applications quickly using 3 case-study robots: an indoor security robot, winning Magellan competitor and a chess-playing robotic arm.

Topics include:

Common Concurrency Runtime
Sending and Receiving Messages
Building and Accessing Services
Using a browser and the Internet as the UI for a robot
Using supported hardware and integrating new hardware
Simulating the real world for robotic interactions
Extending the simulation environment
Deploying to hardware
Using the Visual Programming Language
and more.

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Title of ebook: Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
ISBN: 9780470500187
parent-ISBN: 9780470141076
Publisher: Wrox
Internet download file size: 16053 kb
Published: 02-2009
Released online for download: 02-10-2009
Joint Author: Johns, Kyle
Joint Author: Taylor, Trevor

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Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Chapter One

Exploring Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Welcome to the world of robotics software! If you are just entering the world of robotics, a warning is in order. Whether you are a hobbyist, a student, or a professional, working with robots can be addictive, and if you are not careful, it can crowd out other worthy pursuits such as your career, social life, and personal hygiene. If you are willing to take that risk, keep reading.

This book is not going to tell you how to build your own robot to fetch beer from the refrigerator or pick up your roommate's socks off the floor. Instead, you will learn how to use an innovative new software development kit (SDK) called Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) to build software for robots already on the market, as well as custom robots and robots yet to be built.

The best feature of MRDS is that it's free for personal, academic, and development use. If you end up ... read full excerpt from Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio ebook

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