Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Microsoft has been watching

"... allowing users to interact with robots through Web-based ... interfaces
..."

????!

Uh, yeah... that's what we need, more robots with web servers built in.

As has happened with so many hobbies, they probably will turn it from a
hobby into a toy.
--
Phil Mattison
http://www.ohmikron.com/

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From: Richard L. Wurdack <dickw@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Microsoft has been watching


> You can download a prerelease / eval copy at:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/
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> D.
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> From: azdlb
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:37 PM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Microsoft has been watching
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> "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."
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> "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."
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> How about them apples.
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> Dennis
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