The updated version of the program will simplify the process of developing applications for robotized platforms. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio is a Windows oriented environment for controlling robots and their simulation. The program is designed for academical, amateur or commercial development and supports various hardware for robots.
This version of Robotics Developer Studio 4 includes the support of the Kinect and 3D-simulation sensors as well as the Microsoft Visual Programming Language for creating and debugging applications. The updated modeling tools will allow software applications development companies develop robots based on the Kinect technology without using any hardware.
RDS4 beta supports Microsoft .NET Framework 4, XNA Game Studio 4.0, and Visual Studio 2010. Software developers can download the new version of the program from the official site of Microsoft.
Oliver Block, one of Windows CE developers, wrote in his diary that participants of the last conference devoted to integrated systems in San Jose asked him the same questions. They were interested if CE was killed by its developers going forward to the ARM-platform, or if developers were using Visual Studio and whether all Windows Embedded products were based on different SKU.