Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 released

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Microsoft Corp. today announced an improved version of Microsoft^?> Robotics Studio of its robotics application development toolkit. The new Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 adds support for Window^?p> Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows Mobi^?up> 6, which allows developers to more easily deploy advanced scenarios and software applications on embedded platforms of a wider variety and lower cost.

The update includes a new version Concurrency and Coordination Runtime/b>. The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime allows applications to dynamically scale on mult-processor / multi-core machines.

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Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 includes improvements to its visual programming language and 3-D real-world-physics-based visual simulation environment, built on the AGEIA Technologies Inc.-based PhysX engine. New services have also been added, including support for vision and speech recognition, expanded documentation and a new editor that makes it easier to configure and target software services for robotics platforms.Download/b> : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Soccer Simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Sumo Competition for Microsoft Robotics Studio: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Teams competing in RoboCup 2007, an international robotics competition, experienced these improvements firsthand by participating in a Microsoft-sponsored tournament of simulated soccer matches. Powering the competition was a new robot soccer simulation, which includes a 3-D simulated soccer field and scoring services, as well as support that enables different simulated robots to be configured as players. The services are also available to non-Robocup participants at http://www.microsoft.com/robotics. A compatible simulated robot player called robuDOG, from Robosoft, is also available for download from the Robosoft Web site at http://www.robosoft.com, enabling contestants to play virtual soccer with four-legged robots in a realistic 3-D environment. Robosoft also previewed its hardware-based robuDOG robot, and the services used in simulation can be deployed directly on this new robot. The soccer simulation featured at RoboCup 2007 joins a robot sumo simulation also released today, which offers participants an opportunity to create and program simulated robots in a sumo wrestling competition.