Microsoft Robotics

This is cool. Microsoft introductory courseware for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5). I really like that the demo robot they work with is from iRobot (makers of the excellent Roomba and Scooba) - the iRobot Create. I'm looking forward to hearing from anyone who runs it up. Was it accessible? How does it compare with other …

What’s coming? Multitasking robots according to some.

"A report from ABI Research is predicting that by the year 2015, people will probably be willing to spend as much for a multitasking humanoid robot as they would for a new car. Within seven years, the personal robot market will likely balloon to $15 billion, said Philip Solis, an analyst at the New York-based …