Re: Microsoft has been watching

Ah,.. What's "insecure" software on a robot? Something that violates
Assimov's 3 laws of robotics?

Mariss

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:
>
> azdlb wrote:
>
> >"Microsoft released the preview version of a software toolkit for
> >building robot applications today, pledging to ignite the robot
market
> >in the same way it did the PC market some 20 years ago."
> >
> >"The software maker sees robotics as being on the verge of a rapid
> >take-off, fuelled by the availability of cheap, high-performance
> >hardware components. But the market is being held back by a need
for
> >better tools and a common software platform that will let
applications
> >be reused on different types of robots, according to Microsoft."
> >
> >How about them apples.
> >
> >
> Microsoft will do its best to cripple the robot industry as they
have
> crippled
> many other industries with their bloated, buggy, insecure
software.
> Hopefully,
> they will have little success here.
>
> "Common software platform" means something you have to pay Microsoft
> a hefty fee to use.
>
> EMC, of course, already supports any form of robot, with any
combination
> of linear
> and rotary axes you desire.
>
> I'm not sure what flavor/level of robotics they are interested in,
but
> I'm sure the
> makers of industrial robots who have a 30-year head start are not
too
> worried.
>
> Jon
>