Microsoft Robotics Studio Overview

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  In this VI Shots video taken at Robodevelopment 2007, we talk with Paul Roberts, a developer with Microsoft Robotics Studio. Yes, it’s similar to LabVIEW and it can be used as a general purpose language.   Resources mentioned: Download Video Microsoft Robotics Studio Robodevelopment 2007

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Braintech demonstrates vision SDK for Microsoft Robotics Studio

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    Braintech demonstrates Volts-IQ to VI Shots. Braintech’s VOLTS-IQ Visual Intelligence Software Suite provides feature recognition, object localization and robot guidance in the form of Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) services. VOLTS-IQ uniquely combines Braintech’s proven robot vision expertise with Microsoft’s powerful MSRS service-based architecture. Using VOLTS-IQ, researchers, commercial product developers and hobbyists can “vision-enable” [...]

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Expanding Mindstorms NXT with LabVIEW

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  National Instruments continuously works closely with Lego to expand virtual instrumentation into the classroom by developing LabVIEW integration with their Mindstorms NXT platform. In this latest VI Shots video we see a demo of an NI product acquired from Hyperception, the Speedy-33. We see how the Speedy-33 combined with a HiTechnic interface can integrate [...]

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LabVIEW on the Mac is alive and well – Macworld Expo

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  National Instruments had a very small booth at Macworld Expo this year. They were there nonetheless and I asked them a few questions about the current state of LabVIEW on the Mac. I also wanted to find out how, and if, a current Windows user like myself could use a Mac exclusively and still [...]

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iLidz – Coolest iPhone accessory Macworld Expo

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  I came a cross this inventor at Macworld Expo 2008. His name is Matthew Michaels and has come up with this awesome iPhone\iPod touch accessory for hands-free movie watching called iLidz. The idea is simple but the results are huge. Just the idea of not having to hold the player in your hands is [...]

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Interview with SBMS Teen Press at Macworld Expo

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  I went to Macworld Expo this year to learn about new technology and instead stumbled across three inspirational teens from Santa Barbara Middle School. They are part of a team of students that are involved with the school Teen Press program. They are currently covering Macworld Expo and in about a week or so [...]

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uBot-5 – Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics

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In building the uBot-5, the team decided to go with Microsoft Robotics Studio. Additional Resources: Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics

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CoroWare’s CoroBot

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  In this video from RoboDevelopment 2007, we see the CoroBot in action.   CoroBot was created to minimize the complexity of robot development. By combining a powerful PC-class platform with a robust, object-oriented software development system, the CoroBot empowers you to rapidly deploy and develop robotics solutions. The CoroBot also assists the hardware developer [...]

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Willow Garage – Personal Robots Program

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  Keenan Wyrobek from Stanford University is working closely with Willow Garage to continue the development work he and Eric Berger started while in their graduate studies at Stanford University. He shows off PR1 and explains the goals of the Personal Robotics Program and the next generation, PR2. Via Stanford University Website:   Kenneth Salisbury, [...]

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LabVIEW replaces vehicle ECU – University of Waterloo

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  Stephen Litt, a systems design engineering student from the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) shows us how he and three other students replaced a vehicle ECU with a CompactRIO module running LabVIEW Real-Time. What started as a fourth year design project has now turned into a start-up company called WaterlooSPEED. The team documents their [...]

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Steve Hassenplug – Mindstorms NXT holonomic drive robot.

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  Steve Hassenplug was there from the beginning when Lego decided to revamp the old RCX platform. He was part of the Mindstorms User Panel (MUP) which was extensively covered in a Feb 2006 Wired magazine article. He was later invited to participate in the Mindstorm Developer Program (MDP) where he built a holonomic drive [...]

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