The problem facing Microsoft developer Jordan Correa and his wife was hardly an uncommon one. They both have full time jobs (that's not the problem), but they also have an adorable dog Darwin that is ...

Microsoft Tuesday released the preview version of a software tool kit for building robot applications, pledging to ignite the robot market in the same way it did the PC market some 20 years ago.

If you are looking for the tome that reveals all with respect to Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) then this is it. At over 800 pages, there is little that this book does not cover in depth.

A developer who writes all the software would need expertise in real-time programming, motor control, AI, maybe some image and video processing, and so on. Fortunately, platforms like ROS (Robot ...

If Microsoft has its way, robots of the future will run Windows. To try to have robot brains wired with its computer code, the company recently unveiled Microsoft Robotics Studio, a software platform ...

Microsoft on Wednesday took the wraps off its first commercial operating system for robots, with hopes of paving the way for a broader robotics industry and taking a central role in its development.

Just as Dr. Frankenstein needed brains to bring life to his monster, robotic engineers need software to drive their creations. Apparently, Microsoft would very much like for its Robotics Developer ...

Maybe it's the robotic dog resting in the corner or the R2-D2 Star Wars droid on the floor, but Tandy Trower's office is not a typical workstation found on the Microsoft Corp. campus. Trower heads the ...

Currently many robots have different operating systems and not all can be adapted to one another. Microsoft, on Sept. 6, announced a tie up with Japanese humanoid maker Tmsuk in a bid to set the ...

Microsoft released the preview version of a software toolkit for building robot applications on Tuesday, pledging to ignite the robot market in the same way it did the PC market some 20 years ago. The ...

If Microsoft has its way, robots of the future will run Windows. To try to have robot brains wired with its computer code, the company recently unveiled Microsoft Robotics Studio, a software platform ...