{"id":9,"date":"2008-04-11T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/microsoft-begin-advanced-robotics-platform\/"},"modified":"2010-07-20T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T17:04:59","slug":"microsoft-begin-advanced-robotics-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/microsoft-begin-advanced-robotics-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft begin advanced robotics platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Microsoft released the initial extensively available sample version of its Robotics Developer Studio 2008 this week. <\/span>The preview software is offered now as a free download from Microsoft&#8217;s robotics website<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Robotics Studio 2006 was downloaded over 200,000, according to the software company.  Additionally, more than 50 third-party companies connected to build a joint venture with Microsoft in its robotics division.<\/p>\n<p>The new application sports several enhancements, including the ability for users to record simulation tests for later playback and review.  There is also a new floorplan editor and a handful of other tools which is not in the 2006 version.  In addition to that Microsoft said there is enhanced functionality with LINQ support.<\/p>\n<p>The robotics industry is one of Microsoft&#8217;s more recent targets, but it has promptly turn out to be a key player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We launched Microsoft Robotics Studio in 2006 in response to the robotics community&#8217;s request for a mature platform and toolset that would provide for stability and portability, allowing more people to participate and contribute,&#8221; said Microsoft Robotics Group general manager Tandy Trower in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>At today&#8217;s Robobusiness conference in Pennsylvania, Microsoft also declares the robotics competition Robochamps, which will use Robotics Developer Studio 2008.  The contest will open up on April 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft released the initial extensively available sample version of its Robotics Developer Studio 2008 this week. The preview software is offered now as a free download from Microsoft&#8217;s robotics website Microsoft Robotics Studio 2006 was downloaded over 200,000, according to the software company. Additionally, more than 50 third-party companies connected to build a joint venture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132,131],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programming","tag-advanced-platform","tag-robotics-developer-studio-2008"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/programming-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}