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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 4:07:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | CoroWare and KUKA preview tools that fill gaps in Microsoft Robotics Studio; initial applications appear destined to hit the commercial space first. |
| Keywords: | Microsoft, Robotics Studio, CoroWare, KUKA, robot software, industrial robot, controller |
Concurrent with Microsoft Corp.'s official release of its inaugural robot software development kit, two ISVs this week showed off tools to help bring the Windows-based environment into the business mainstream. The availability for download of Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0, a .NET-based development kit that combines a visual programming language with 3-D and simulation tools, is yet another small step forward in the software giant's move to cast its shadow far and wide across the commercial and consumer landscapes. Some 30 companies -- spanning the industrial manufacturing, educational, and entertainment markets -- are said to be in the midst of creating products that use the development and runtime platform, according to a Microsoft release. At the time Robotics Studio was announced, a handful of companies, including CoroWare Inc., KUKA Robotics, and LEGO Systems, previewed technology built with the assistance of Robotics Studio. This week, CoroWare and KUKA took another step forward by announcing toolsets and robot prototypes, which will roll out in 2007. [Click to continue] |
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