Microsoft Research

Microsoft® Robotics Studio, a new Windows®-based development environment for creating robotic software for a wide variety of hardware platforms, and is available for download at https://microsoft.com/robotics.

The Microsoft Robotics Studio environment is an end-to-end, scalable and extensible robotics development platform that includes the following:

• A visual programming language that enables nonprogrammers to easily program robots using a drag-and-drop environment
• A 3-D tool that simulates robotics applications in physics-based virtual environments, using the licensed PhysX™ engine from AGEIA™ Technologies Inc.
• A lightweight, services-oriented runtime that enables applications to communicate with a wide variety of hardware

For academics, hobbyists, and students, Microsoft Robotics Studio is available to license free of charge. Commercial robot developers interested in generating revenue from applications, services and robots based on Microsoft Robotics Studio can license the development platform starting at $399. Full licensing details are available at the Microsoft Robotics Studio Web site.

The Microsoft Robotics Group is pleased to partner with Microsoft Research to sponsor ICRA'07. For more information on Microsoft Research https://research.microsoft.com.