MSRS reference

• ActivRobots - Makers of the Pioneer family of robots (previously called MobileRobots)
• Ageia - Makers of the PhysX engine used in the MRDS Simulator
• Aldebaran - Makers of the Nao humaoid robot
• Anycom - Suppliers of Bluetooth dongles
• Atmel - Manufacturers of the ATmega and AVR microcontrollers
• Ben Axelrod - Home Page of Ben Axelrod, a keen MRDS developer who worked on the original code for the Scribbler
• Blender - Open Source 3D Modelling Package
• Broadcom - Suppliers of Bluetooth products and the WIDCOMM software
• CCR User Guide
• Channel 9 - "Sandpit" for posting code
• Concurrent Affairs - Tutorial on the CCR in MSDN Magazine
• Conscious Robots - Web site of Raúl Arrabales Moreno with code for the Pioneer 3DX
• CoroBot - Four-wheeled robot from CoroWare
• Devantech - Suppliers of robots and parts
• Devantech MSRS Code - Code project for Devantech hardware by Chris Kilner
• DSSP Specification - Public definition of the protocol for DSS
• DSS User Guide
• Dynamic Drive - Web site for JavaScript code examples
• eBox-2300 Jump Start Kit - Packaged kit for using an embedded PC with MRDS
• Gumstix - Small Linux-based embedded systems. Also see the Robostix board.
• Heathkit HE-RObot - Another version of the White Box 914 PCBOT
• HiTechnic - Manufacturers of sensors for the LEGO NXT
• Hyperfocal Design - Commercial bitmap images for use on the skydome in the Simulator
• ICOP - Manufacturers of the eBox-2300 used in the Sumo robot
• Innovative Experiment Co. - Manufacturers of the ZX-Bluetooth module
• Inverse Kinematics - Kinematics for Lynx L6 Arm by Mike Keesling
• Inverse Kinematics - Kinematics for Lynx L6 Arm by Hoon Hong
• Inverse Kinematics - Kinematics for Lynx L6 Arm by Laurent Gay
• IPRE (Institute for Personal Robots in Education) - Project aimed at using Robotics to teach Computer Science
• iRobot - Manufacturer of the Roomba and Create robots
• JavaScript Tutorial - W3Schools tutorial on JavaScript (lots of other tutorials too)
• K-Team - Manufacturers of the Hemisson robot
• Kuka Educational Framework - Tutorials for robotic arms from Kuka
• Lynxmotion - Manufacturers of the L6 Robotic Arm
• LEGO Mindstorms - Information on LEGO NXT
• Madebits Process Explorer - Useful tool for managing processes on PDAs
• Microchip Technology - Manufacturers of PIC microcontrollers
• Microsoft Downloads Page - Most downloads can be found by searching on this page
• MRDS Community Page
• MRDS Discussion Forum
• MRDS Documentation
• MRDS Downloads Page
• MRDS Sumo Package
• .NET Reflector - Allows you to explore .NET assemblies
• OOPic - Microcontrollers made by Savage Innovations that feature an Object-Oriented design
• Parallax - Makers of the Boe-Bot and Scribbler robots
• PAVE - Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering entry in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
• PICAXE - Microcontrollers made by Revolution Education based on Microchip PIC family
• PicBlok - Makers of the Integrator robot
• Quaternions - Used for 3D rotations, Quaternions form a 4-dimensional normed division algebra over the real numbers. (Does that make sense to anyone?)
• RoboCup - Robotics Competition
• Robo-Magellan - Competition run by the Seattle Robotics Society
• RoboRealm - Computer Vision package that works with MRDS
• Robosoft Robubox - Robosoft web site for MRDS
• RoboticsConnection - Maufacturers of the Stinger and Traxster robots
• RobuDog - Simulated robot dog
• Roomba Dev Tools - Development tools, including the RooTooth, for the Roomba
• Schemas - schemas.microsoft.com is not a real web site! It is used in Contract Identifiers. schemas.tempuri.org does not exist either.
• Sena Technologies - Maker of the Parani Bluetooth adapters
• Subjugator - Underwater autonomous vehicle
• Sumo Robot - Instructions for building a Sumo robot based on the iRobot Create
• Surveyor Corp - Makers of the SRV-1 tracked robot with onboard camera
• UBot-5 - Balancing robot from University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
• Vex Robotics Design System - Vex robots created by Innovation First
• Vex Robotics MSRS Code - Code project for Vex hardware
• Video Card Information - Provides data on video card compatibility
• ViewDssDeployContents - Program for viewing what is inside a DssDeploy package
• Visual C# Express - A free version of C# for personal use
• VOLTS-IQ - Computer Vision package for MRDS
• White Box Robotics - Makers of the 914 PCBOT (MRDS software still in development)
• Wiimote Library for .NET - How a Wii controller can be used with MRDS
• Windows Embedded Home Page - Home page for Microsoft embedded operating systems
• Windows Embedded CE Home Page - Home page for WinCE (the Compact Framework, CF, environment)
• WROX - The publishers of this book
• XNA Framework APIs Forum - One of several discussion forums about XNA
• XNA Game Studio Express - Free package for developers of XNA games
• XNA Home Page
• XSLT Definition - The definitive word on XSLT from the World Wide Web Consortium
• ZigBee Radio - Short-range, low-cost communications similar to Bluetooth