Announce: UMASS uBot-5 robot running MSRS with videos of teleoperation demos
http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/Robots/UBot-5
Here at the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at UMASS Amherst we've recently ported our uBot-5 teleoperator controls over to MSRS.
Video: uBot-5 using Microsoft Robotics Studio: Dashboard Demo
In this video we were happy to finally run the robot out of the laboratory without having to carry a laptop to plug a joystick into! Here we also show our modified Dashboard with position (radians), velocity (radians/second), and current (mA) displayed for each joint. Using the buttons on the XBox controller, at this point we're able to drive the robot with the left stick, select a joint and actuate it with the right stick, and turn balancing on/off. Since all our services are running on an on-board Pentium-based PC (running Windows XP), the joystick (with USB wireless adapter) lets us go completely untethered.
Video: uBot-5 using Microsoft Robotics Studio: Elevator Demo
In this video the uBot-5 has realized it can get far out of range of the laboratory wireless network and makes a break for it down the elevator!
Video: uBot-5 using Microsoft Robotics Studio: Ball Pick-up Demo
With the uBot's help we can try to keep the lab organized! In this video the uBot-5 demonstrates a pincer grasp of a large ball and drops it at another location. These types of 'pick-and-place' actions are the most common way a robot such as the uBot-5 can perform useful work.
We'd be happy to answer any questions- Enjoy!

