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Category: Book
Authors: Kyle Johns, Trevor Taylor
Publisher: Wrox
Studio: Wrox
Manufacturer: Wrox
Label: Wrox
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 826
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.2
ISBN: 0470141077
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.89
EAN: 9780470141076
ASIN: 0470141077
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
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Product Description
Wrox's Professional Microsoft RoboticsDeveloper Studio is one of the first guides to Microsoft's new platform for visualizing and programming robotics applications. Written by the founding architect of the product, Professional Microsoft Robotics Studio is heavy on examples making this a hands-on guide that will get readers building robotics applications quickly using 3 case-study robots: an indoor security robot, winning Magellan competitor and a chess-playing robotic arm. Topics include: - Common Concurrency Runtime
- Sending and Receiving Messages
- Building and Accessing Services
- Using a browser and the Internet as the UI for a robot
- Using supported hardware and integrating new hardware
- Simulating the real world for robotic interactions
- Extending the simulation environment
- Deploying to hardware
- Using the Visual Programming Language
- and more.
Source code and online support at Wrox.com.
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If you want deep knowledge, this is the book. December 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not an intro book, but is the book you want if you want in depth knowledge. Very good book, but you'll likely use it as a reference rather than a tutorial as the topics are pretty targeted.
 Thorough but not easy material to get through October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not yet completed reading this book though I have read the first few chapters.
My first impression is that although this book is fairly thorough and comprehensive, it's not the easiest material to get through.
The authors start with the CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Run-Time) and discuss it in such a way that it has nothing to do with robotics. Obviously, it makes sense as to why you would have a specialized set of components to handle concurrency, etc., but it helps to know how it fits in the big picture of robotics programming.
Anyway, I don't regret having purchased this book, but I wish it was laid out more in the context of robotics rather than just the individual components of the Microsoft Robotics Studio.
Best book for the job July 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Of the two textbooks available, Professional MRDS is an excellent reference book for those who need guidance with MRDS. The textbook has a plethora of examples that are easy to grasp and has an excellent code library (available from the website at no cost). In addition, the hands-on attitude of the authors make MRDS a pleasurable experience.
Table of Contents May 24, 2008
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is not an actual review of the book since I am still waiting for it to arrive. I wanted to post the Table of Contents here to help out others since I did not see one from Amazon...
Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Robotics Developer Studio Fundamentals.
Chapter 1: Exploring Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio.
Chapter 2: Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR).
Chapter 3: Decentralized Software Services (DSS).
Chapter 4: Advanced Service Concepts.
Part II: Simulations.
Chapter 5: The MRDS Visual Simulation Environment.
Chapter 6: Extending the MRDS Visual Simulation Environment.
Chapter 7: Using Orchestration Services to Build a Simulation Scenario.
Chapter 8: Simulating Articulated Entities.
Chapter 9: Adventures in Simulation.
Part III: Visual Programming Language.
Chapter 10: Microsoft Visual Programming Language Basics.
Chapter 11: Visually Programming Robots.
Chapter 12: Visual Programming Examples.
Part IV: Robotics Hardware.
Chapter 13: Using MRDS with Robotics Hardware.
Chapter 14: Remotely Controlling a Mobile Robot.
Chapter 15: Using a Robotic Arm.
Chapter 16: Autonomous Robots.
Chapter 17: Writing New Hardware Services.
Index.
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