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Good stuff!!
SCMcDonnell wrote:Was that your ringtone?!
One of my favorite videos so far.
SM
mixelz wrote:You missed a ':' in the url Charles.
GREAT VIDEO!
Really cool to watch. Can't wait to get hold of a NXT! (shame there not out for a bit, guess I will just have to play with the simulator as I don't want to pay for another robot just to go out and buy the NXT in a few months (unless you could provide a passionate
student with one )
Can't wait to see more from you guys, looks really good and like it will be really fun to work with. Makes me remember that development should be fun not like what i’m at work. Downloaded the Studio, will have a play on the weekend.
Recommendation: Get more film in your camera an hour sometimes isn't long enough.....
COOL DUDES!!
Great video! These guys have definitely found their groove! More than that even - it's like they've heard the sound of one hand clapping.
The CCR and state-machines and the service architecture are clearly providing amazing lift. Any developer who is expected to work in a distributed environment (approximately all of us) would do well to understand the synergies that this team is finding in
these technologies.
piersh wrote:this is brilliant. i especially like the simulation part.
you should host a virtual robot wars/soccer tournament!
Nice stuff guys. Look forward to working with my first robot and with the simulator. It would be cool to get RC models hooked-in so you could control a heli or air plane with this. Someday, maybe we could command a small squad of Cobra heli's flying a
pattern. Need the trig to figure out X,Y,Z of model in space fast enouph to be able to fly-by-wire. Not sure if radio transmitter in model and 3 receivers on the ground could work in real-time or not. I might also want to get controls on my house (lights,
heat, phone, etc).
BTW - When the CCR coming out?
tkiehl wrote:I've downloaded the CTP but haven't had an opportunity to fiddle with it yet. It would be nice if there were a prebuilt set of dials, guages, and other GUI screen elements.
Enjoyed the video!
AmishRobotics.com
blindlizard wrote:georgioc, can you help me with the basics of using Parallax hardware? I downloaded the CTP, but all the examples are for Lego. I have a Parallax Basic Stamp II (on a HomeWork Board), and I would like to try playing with it with the MS Robotic Studio, but I don't know where to start...
DjordjijaT wrote:Hi Georgio!
I am interested in robotics und your cool new SDK.
Can You tell me what hardwareplatform is the best to start with`?
Lego, Fischertechnik...?
Thanks and Bye,
Djordjija Trimceski
Berlin - Germany
Yeah, I saw the boebot, that is what had me so excited! I would love to use my parallax componets with Visual Studio. Please get the sample up soon....I want to get started...thanks so much.georgioc wrote:
blindlizard wrote:georgioc, can you help me with the basics of using Parallax hardware? I downloaded the CTP, but all the examples are for Lego. I have a Parallax Basic Stamp II (on a HomeWork Board), and I would like to try playing with it with the MS Robotic Studio, but I don't know where to start...
we have the parallax board and the boebot working and we were demoing it at roboBusiness this week. We will release the sample service that talks to the board very soon, so you can play with it. We will post something on the blog or download section on our website
georgioc wrote:
tkiehl wrote: I've downloaded the CTP but haven't had an opportunity to fiddle with it yet. It would be nice if there were a prebuilt set of dials, guages, and other GUI screen elements.
Enjoyed the video!
AmishRobotics.com
We actually have created some simple gadgets that you can host in IE for the laser, bumpers and motors. Also check out the simple style sheets we have when you interact with the various sensor services that are part of the SDK.
We also have a simple winform service that shows some UI elements for differential drive, laser. Our partners, featured on the web site also have some interesting Winforms apps with GUI elements for servos etc
kmavro wrote:georgioc are you from NTUA ? nice work!
staceyw wrote:Is there already a USB XBox controller to use on PC for control? I think I saw one in the vid. TIA
Robotics classes tend to light up my students. I think it is because robots have many human-like qualities that allow people to compare robot behaviour with their own behaviour.
Very nice video. Thanks.
UnquaLe wrote:Ohw God ! That is so cool seeing to control robots with .NET.
I want to ask you something... How can I build my own robot ? I dont understand much about electronic. But that would help me to research what I need.
Thank you guys !
blindlizard wrote:when will the parallax samples be available? I am jumping out of my seat wating to convert my robot to this platform.
Hello,
I have been working with XP on automatic guided vehicles at INRIA using our own framework in C++ and now with a new one, using .NET and C++ CLI.
I am also using for my own company custom tools on XP to control small robots for education and military purpose for Thales Robosoft and FESTO.
It is really interesting that Microsoft have a Robotic SDK, It will be easy I think to share peace of code between teams now.
We are just beginning evaluating it SDK but it’s a little bit confusing. Is there an easy tutorial how to add our robots to the RSDK?
Great job
Laurent
I'm building my own mobile robot for academic research. I've designed and built the hardware layer, including comm. protocol, both in firmware and in C#.
It's upsetting I had to go through all the trouble by myself. Had I known about this SDK before it would [suposedly] saved me from a lot of trouble.
I'm bound to see the tutorials and get some grease in my hands. If it's that easy, rewriting shouldn't be too difficult heh?
I develop simple 8 bit microcontroller (mostly Microchip PIC) products and often there is a communications feature. It will generally be measurement but sometimes control over a serial link. Things are changing and now people expect USB (which is a pain for realtime control e.g. cnc mills).
Could anyone tell me if Microsoft Robots Studio is the right tool to develop a user display application that communicates with customized hardware hanging off a laptop's USB port? I had a play with the tutorials and it seems hard to communicate with hardware that is not prepared by the MRS team, is that true or am I just being impatient?
I think I am trying to figure out if this is a tool I can use for work (simple custom electromechanical stuff) or if it is more for fancy robots? I should say that I am a normal engineer so may not be as bright or as fast to pick up new things as the guys at MS. Also I think it is important to realise that people like me are engineers who design hardware and firmware who are interested in getting into application software.... not software guys wanting to get into hardware, I think it makes a difference on the starting point skills. e.g. I have not used VS before, mybe I am not the MRS target customer?
Tony.
dsptony wrote:I develop simple 8 bit microcontroller (mostly Microchip PIC) products and often there is a communications feature. It will generally be measurement but sometimes control over a serial link. Things are changing and now people expect USB (which is a pain for realtime control e.g. cnc mills).
Could anyone tell me if Microsoft Robots Studio is the right tool to develop a user display application that communicates with customized hardware hanging off a laptop's USB port? I had a play with the tutorials and it seems hard to communicate with hardware that is not prepared by the MRS team, is that true or am I just being impatient?
I think I am trying to figure out if this is a tool I can use for work (simple custom electromechanical stuff) or if it is more for fancy robots? I should say that I am a normal engineer so may not be as bright or as fast to pick up new things as the guys at MS. Also I think it is important to realise that people like me are engineers who design hardware and firmware who are interested in getting into application software.... not software guys wanting to get into hardware, I think it makes a difference on the starting point skills. e.g. I have not used VS before, mybe I am not the MRS target customer?
Tony.
Everytime that i was running a sample, there would be a warning saying that can't find TOWERAPI.DLL,and after i reinstalled the MRS SDk,just as the warning suggested, the warn-message window would be there still. Wishing some help can be offered here. Thanks.
Sinohelbur wrote:Everytime that i was running a sample, there would be a warning saying that can't find TOWERAPI.DLL,and after i reinstalled the MRS SDk,just as the warning suggested, the warn-message window would be there still. Wishing some help can be offered here. Thanks.
I'm so interested in this new technology~
Thank you for providing this video~
Hope you can do better~
Hi from Budapest!
Is it possible to program Lego SpyBot or Lego CyberMaster with the CCR graphics environment released on Sept.
Or still we can use only RCX?
Thanks,
Miklós Csermendy
Micu wrote:Hi from Budapest!
Is it possible to program Lego SpyBot or Lego CyberMaster with the CCR graphics environment released on Sept.
Or still we can use only RCX?
Thanks,
Miklós Csermendy
Microsoft Robotic Studio very nice.
I like Microsoft Visual Programming Language. (MVPL) tool.
abhishekworld wrote:how to make a bot compatable with robotics studio like boe-bot.....please help
I would learn languages in this order (if you are going to do robotics):
Visual Basic: reason, BASIC is still widely used in industry, so VB would be your best bet, plus instrumentation suites use BASIC from earlier construction eras. Lab View has some interesting tools and students can get it for free.
SQL: What a database language for robotics? Right, well were are you going to keep your data and instrumentation, parts tracking, etc. Plus it is a good bread and butter language, you can always get work doing SQL databases.
C#: No doubt this is the emerging language
VC++: Not popular in the older robotic suites, but the folks that love to complicate every technology are pushing to go back to really complicated processes that the general population looks and considers just silly. But they manage to get in control somehow.
IronPython: See VC++
C: This is a truely bad choice of languages, but academic researchers still use it. Very insecure, but still in use for no good reason.
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