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Making Robotics Easier A development platform for the robotics community, supporting a wide variety of users, hardware, and application scenarios Concurrency Services infrastructure Samples and tutorials Robot services Robot models Technology services Simulation Tool Visual Programming Language Runtime Authoring Tools Services and Samples

A development platform for the robotics community, supporting a wide variety of users, hardware, and application scenarios

Concurrency

Services infrastructure

Samples and tutorials

Robot services

Robot models

Technology services

Simulation Tool

Visual Programming Language

Robotics Studio Free for academic and hobbyist uses Integrates with Visual Studio All Visual Studio versions Interact with robots using Windows or Web-based interfaces. Execution Scenarios Remote (pc-based) Autonomous (robot-based)

Free for academic and hobbyist uses

Integrates with Visual Studio

All Visual Studio versions

Interact with robots using Windows or Web-based interfaces.

Execution Scenarios

Remote (pc-based)

Autonomous (robot-based)

Supporting Partners Program

Makes asynchronous programming simple The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), makes it simple to write programs to handle asynchronous input from multiple robotics sensors and output to motors and actuators.

The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), makes it simple to write programs to handle asynchronous input from multiple robotics sensors and output to motors and actuators.

Services oriented application design The Decentralized Software Services (DSS) application model makes it simple to access, and to respond to a robot’s state, using a Web-browser or Windows-based application.

The Decentralized Software Services (DSS) application model makes it simple to access, and to respond to a robot’s state, using a Web-browser or Windows-based application.

Contact Sensor Concurrency and Coordination Runtime Decentralized Software Services Orchestrator Motor Servi ce Infrared Sensor Servi ce Compass Servi ce … Servi ce Servi ce Servo Servi ce UI Servi ce … Servi ce Sonar Servi ce

Visual Programming Language The Microsoft Visual Programming Language (VPL) enables anyone to create and debug robotics programs very easily. Just drag and drop blocks that represent services, and connect them up. You can even take a collection of connected blocks and reuse them as a single block elsewhere in your program.

The Microsoft Visual Programming Language (VPL) enables anyone to create and debug robotics programs very easily. Just drag and drop blocks that represent services, and connect them up. You can even take a collection of connected blocks and reuse them as a single block elsewhere in your program.

VPL ( Visual Programming Language )

Basic Activities Data Activities ( Get , Set ) Data Flow Others

Data Activities ( Get , Set )

Data Flow

Others

Services Provides activities and notifications Different processes Reusable and combinable

Provides activities and notifications

Different processes

Reusable and combinable

demo

Visual Simulation Environment Simulate your robotics applications using realistic 3D simulated models. The Microsoft Visual Simulation Environment includes AGEIA™ PhysX™ Technology from AGEIA Technologies Inc., a pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics, enabling real-world physics simulation for robot models. PhysX simulations can also be accelerated using AGEIA hardware.

Simulate your robotics applications using realistic 3D simulated models. The Microsoft Visual Simulation Environment includes AGEIA™ PhysX™ Technology from AGEIA Technologies Inc., a pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics, enabling real-world physics simulation for robot models. PhysX simulations can also be accelerated using AGEIA hardware.

Challenges Posed by Robotics Development Robotics Hardware Can be Expensive and Hard to Find Difficulty of Hardware Troubleshooting Difficulty of Concurrent Use

Robotics Hardware Can be Expensive and Hard to Find

Difficulty of Hardware Troubleshooting

Difficulty of Concurrent Use

Benefits of Simulation Low Barrier to Entry Staged Approach Prototyping Education Learning System

Low Barrier to Entry

Staged Approach

Prototyping

Education

Learning System

demo

RobotTurk

REFERENCES Microsoft Robotics Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics Robotics Topluluğu http://roboticsnedir.com/

Microsoft Robotics Developer Center

http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics

Robotics Topluluğu

http://roboticsnedir.com/