Free Robotics Development Studio

Danger Will Robinson……Danger Will Robinson!

Microsoft has recently released a new development environment for creating robotic control software that can be used on multiple hardware platforms. The robotics development and runtime platform is available for download and here’s where we get to the interesting bits (ahem).

Hobbyists, students and academics are offered a license free of charge. Commercial robot developers who use the platform for product development will have to pay a few hundred dollars for each seat.