Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (Microsoft RDS, MRDS) is a Windows-based environment for robot control and simulation. It is aimed at academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers and handles a wide variety of robot hardware. RDS is based on CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Runtime), a .NET-based concurrent library implementation, for managing asynchronous,   Read More ...

The tools that allow to develop a MRDS application contain a graphical environment (Microsoft Visual Programming Language : VPL), command line tools allow to deal with Visual Studio projects (VS Express version is enough) in C#, C++ or VB.NET), support for script languages such as IronPython and 3D simulation tools.   Read More ...

Robot Software consists of the instructions that control a robot’s actions and provide information regarding required tasks. When a program is written using this software, the robot is able to execute commands and perform tasks. Programming robots can be a complex and challenging process, and while it has become easier   Read More ...

The arm will be used for a heart rhythm treatment operation to be performed by Dr Andre Ng at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. The procedures involve inserting thin wires – catheters – into blood vessels at the top of the groin and moving them on into the heart chambers.   Read More ...

Webots is a professional robot simulator widely used for educational purposes. The Webots project started in 1996, initially developed by Dr. Olivier Michel at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Webots uses the ODE (Open Dynamics Engine) for detecting of collisions and simulating rigid body dynamics.   Read More ...