Microsoft Releases Preview of New Version of Its Robotics Platform

Hard Hat Area: We know that robotics undoubtedly has a role in healthcare, today and tomorrow...one interesting feature is the fact that the new LINQ language, now being used in creating Silverlight projects is also being used with the development of the Robotics platform...BD

Today, at the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition in Pittsburgh, Microsoft Corp. released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, the new version of its robotics programming platform. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 contains improvements in its runtime performance, distributed computational capabilities and tools.

Improved distributed computational capabilities. Support for distributed language integrated queries (LINQ), which reduces network utilization and simplifies service authoring. LINQ support enables advanced filtering and inline processing of sensor data at the source.