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Recent update: 2008-3-21

DistanceMeasurements are 0

800 byte By Dalo_daniel at 2008-3-7
I tried to use a conditional code to check if laserData.DistanceMeasurements is null. But now, the problem is that all the measurements given are 0.Do you think using a persistent inspection with true is the correct way? Code SnippetArbiter.ReceiveWithIterator<sicklrf.Replace>(true, ...

Dedicated Partnered Services

1602 byte By JonathanMayer at 2008-3-6
We've been hard at work here on a simulator for the Urban Challenge. It's based on our own vehicle dynamics model and simulation engine (no slight intended at the MSRS group's much more advanced and significantly more robust simulator), and works quite well thanks to MSRS's proxy system. We ...

Compilation errors (Vista and MSRS v1.5)

3168 byte By RossDeRango at 2008-3-5
Hi all,I've installed May CTP v1.5 on a laptop running Vista Home Basic, and while the simulations supplied work (the ones that appear as selectable icons in the start menu), attempting to compile my own projects generates the following:Error 1 The OutputPath property is not set for this ...

Updated MSRS developer center

738 byte By HenrikFNielsen at 2008-3-3
We have a new look and feel for our developer center [1]. There also is the beginning of a community site where we are adding information about cool ways of using MSRS.We have also moved the remaining of our technical information to MSDN library where you can find it under [2]. We are updating ...

Debugging May 1.5: Command Line Arguments refer to manifest stored in temp...

410 byte By dape at 2008-3-1
HiAfter creating a new project with MSRS may 1.5 the Command line argument refer a manifest stored within a random (temp) folder within the temp folder of your user.ex: -port:50000 -tcpport:50001 -manifest:"../Documents and Settings/sedapet5/Local ...

manifest loader error on CTP 1.5

679 byte By webchaly at 2008-2-28
Hi, I was upgrade MSRS 1.0 to 1.5...and I try to start SimulationTutorial 2 in Visual Studio 2005..but I read error message that appears about manifest error.and I never show simple dash board...please refer to the following error message.*** Manifest Loader : Creating service failed : ...

speech recognizer error...on CTP 1.5

915 byte By webchaly at 2008-2-27
Hi,I was try to run speech recognizer service.I type to command in console,,, following command..dsshost /p:50000 /m:"samples\config\CommandSpeechRecognizer.manifest.xml" but I couldn't run that service properly. that error message is... "Exception caught when ...

DistanceMeasurements is NULL

4382 byte By Dalo_daniel at 2008-2-26
Hi people,When I try to run the simulation, a message like this is shown:NullReferenceException in line: Code Snippetint count = laserData.DistanceMeasurements.Length; I think the problem could be that the DistanceMeasurements array is null. What could be the reason? The laser Handler code ...

CTP 1.5 Build Woes

17251 byte By JonathanMayer at 2008-2-25
I'm having trouble building a service we migrated to the May CTP. It builds fine on all our other computers, but I'm getting the following error on one of our machines: Code Snippet Build started: Project: Minette.Attributes, Configuration: Debug Any CPU Minette.Attributes -> ...

Sending Images from Webcam to WinForm?

1207 byte By JoshdeLeeuw at 2008-2-24
I am wor king on a custom dashboard style app for a simulated environment. I've got a webcam in the environment, and I'd like to display the image from the camera in the dashboard form. I know that copying bitmaps is an expensive operation, and I'm not all that familiar with C# libraries. ...

remote connection from other computer ..

570 byte By webchaly at 2008-2-23
Hi everyone, I have a question.as an example, I want to start the Webcam service which is included in MSRS default service.and remote connecting to that service from other PC.so, I try to that using ( http://202.232.xxx.xxx(My IP):50000).but I couldn't connect to service because of ID and ...

Sending Images from Webcam to WinForm?

1200 byte By JoshdeLeeuw at 2008-2-22
I am wor king on a custom dashboard style app for a simulated environment. I've got a webcam in the environment, and I'd like to display the image from the camera in the dashboard form. I know that copying bitmaps is an expensive operation, and I'm not all that familiar with C# libraries. ...

Beginner - thinking of downoading - couple of questions

1206 byte By Simon at 2008-2-22
Hi everyone, just a few quick questions if anyone has the time. I am developing a project where a unmanned vehicle flies through a city. The route it takes is generated by Genetic Programming (GP). Questions: 1. Is the robot created within the studio created as a class (i.e. with methods and ...

MSRS Documentation

605 byte By safifi at 2008-2-21
Dear MSRS team, I have said it before & I'll say it again. Please please concentrate on writing a thorough & comprehensive documentation for MSRS for each & every aspect, feature, command, utility, etc., to be on the same level of other Microsoft product documentations. A set of ...

Problem generating proxies with 2-D arrays in CTP 1.5

1091 byte By DerrickYu at 2008-2-20
We were migrating our code to CTP 1.5 when we came across a potential bug. When we initialized a 2-D array as a DataMember, the code fails to build: Code Snippet // This Does not build! [DataMember()] public int[,] test;If we comment out the '[DataMember()]', the code builds but it won't ...

Transform Generator broken in 1.5?

2135 byte By TrevorTaylor at 2008-2-19
There has been a change in the way that transforms are generated in the 1.5 CTP that has broken one of my services. I use a Vector3 in my initial state. Previously this worked fine (all the way through the CTPs up to and including V1.0). Now it falls over with an error during the initialization ...

Starting

1509 byte By T.N.T. at 2008-2-18
I am doing a graduate project of robot swarm simulation in Robotics Studio. I am newbie in the program, I already know C# and XML language, the simulations tutorials, etc. I was trying to start a clean new MSRS project (I mean, not just modifying the samples), but I don't know how to start. 1) ...

problems migrating Surveyor SRV-1 services from 1.0 to 1.5

9107 byte By hgordon at 2008-2-17
Hello -BuildSolution.cmd runs without problem on MSRS 1.0, but doesn't compile on MSRS 1.5. I ran the DssProjectMingration utility, and that seemed to work without problem. This looks like a configuration problem, so hopefully it's something obvious. There doesn't seem to be a way to attach ...

DARPA Urban Challenge

1956 byte By JoshHerbach at 2008-2-16
Here at Princeton University we are using MSRS as the backbone for our system to make a car (in our case, a Ford Escape) drive itself through a city. Our efforts are part of the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, a Pentagon-sponsored race for autonomous vehicles that will take place in ...

Speech Engine Recognition Confidence

193 byte By dpucci at 2008-2-15
Hello! When using Speech Recognition Confidence it differs from Speech Recognition Engine, so the parameters might have to be adjust to different confidence values. Thanks!

Can I write a program for lego NXT using C or C++?

272 byte By CaptainBeck at 2008-2-15
Is this pos to write a program for my NXT using a C or C++ writen code, because i feel that i would have more control over the robot if i could write in this way, can anyone point me towards any source material on this, or help me further on this, cheers Chris

Compilation errors (Vista and MSRS v1.5)

3192 byte By RossDeRango at 2008-2-15
Hi all, I've installed May CTP v1.5 on a laptop running Vista Home Basic, and while the simulations supplied work (the ones that appear as selectable icons in the start menu), attempting to compile my own projects generates the following: Error 1 The OutputPath property is not set for this ...

Las Vegas MEDC 2007 Sumo Competetion Videos

4084 byte By OmidK.Rad at 2008-2-15
I had posted this in another thread but for you not to miss it I'm posting again in this new thread: Getting ready for the Sumo Robot competition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdgv-Q6upY The Simulation Environment of Microsoft Robotics Studio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqOmNdJ7eAE ...

Quality requirements of robotics software

267 byte By Dennie at 2008-2-15
Hi, Is there any document freely available, which describes quality requirements standards for robotics software? I don't mind if it's purely industrial or other sectors. I want to asses my test results with it. Tnx, Dennie

Singapore Sumo-Robot How-To Videos

799 byte By OmidK.Rad at 2008-2-14
Chewy Chong from Microsoft Innovation Center at Singapore has posted some interesting videos on his blog about understanding the Microsoft Sumo-Bot and preparing for MEDC 2007 Sumo Competition in Singapore. Check it out here: Singapore Sumo-Robot How-To Video Series by Chewy ...

Help with Laser Sick in Simulation

28573 byte By Dalo_daniel at 2008-2-14
Hi, I'm Daniel. I've got a problem with my laser. I'm not able to use it in a simulation. I think the LaserNotification Handler never begins. Please, can anybody help me. I'm running my proyect with MobileRobots.P3DX.Simulation.manifest.xml, but the robot never stops. The robot start ...

Instructions to Assembly the iCreate Sumo Robot

165 byte By AlejandroPadilla at 2008-2-13
In the MEDC 2007, there was a page with instructiosn to assembly the competition sumo robot. Can someone help me, telling where could I find that page? Thanks a lot

Humanoid robot in MS Robotics Studio

1611 byte By RobertSchmidt at 2008-2-13
Hi there!Some of you may already know this project from the channel9 Sandbox, for all others a quick introduction...We - the Doh!Bots (www.dohbots.com) - are a student team from the Dortmund University building our own soccer-playing humanoid robot. Although we had great past with the AIBOs as ...

MSRS documentation available from MSDN Library

493 byte By HenrikFNielsen at 2008-2-12
In addition to browsing the documentation offline as part of the MSRS download, you can now also browse it online at [1]. Comments and requests welcome! Henrik [1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb483104.aspx ...

On demand video Tutorials is cool will it be downloadable ?

976 byte By kapilRobotics at 2008-2-11
Hi Geroge and his Robotics team, Firstly i would like to thank MSRS Team for having development tools for robotics. This is my first post. I have been visiting MSRS site and find it the best site for Robotics community. Have been searching for such robotic site from last 3-4 yrs and it has ...

Laser Sick Range doesn't work

5454 byte By Dalo_daniel at 2008-2-10
Can anybody help me? I'm not able to use the laser . [Partner("Laser", Contract = sicklrf.Contract.Identifier, CreationPolicy = PartnerCreationPolicy.UseExistingOrCreate)] sicklrf.SickLRFOperations _laserPort = new sicklrf.SickLRFOperations(); sicklrf.SickLRFOperations ...

Surveyor SRV-1 camera service?

656 byte By boksofrox at 2008-2-10
I'm trying to figure out how exactly i'd get an image from the camera, and into an m x n x l matrix (an RGB image matrix). As i've been trying to use the webcam tutorial, and trying to couple it with the SRV-1 camera.config manifest but I havn't had any luck in getting it to work. Being ...

Compiling problem

416 byte By alex at 2008-2-8
I got the following errors when I compiled my MSRS project. Any one has the similar problem before? Thanks!Error 4 Cannot implicitly convert type 'manipulation.actuation.Proxy.ActuationState [c:\Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)\bin\services\actuation.Y2007.M03.Proxy.dll]' to ...

pre-release version of direct-x has expired

357 byte By GideonPrior at 2008-2-8
When I try to run simulation tutorial 1 from visual C# I get an error saying "This pre-release version of DirectX has expired, please upgrade to the latest version at www.microsoft.com/directx" The problem is my version of directx is the most current one, and I have installed the ...

error

305 byte By Ananak at 2008-2-7
I have unistalled any msrs i'm still having this problem.I installed xna studios on january 10ththen installed robotics studio october ctpthen my computer crash january 18thafter recovery my pc. i found the both xna and robotics ctpwere miss but the files. what should i do ...

What about some database services?

423 byte By *FeDe* at 2008-2-7
I was wondering about some standard databases service ... Maybe this can be helpful for event logger! Does someone thinked about this? I think it would be great to have 1 service to set the database connection, and another one who manage queries .. maybe should return a datatable object What ...

universal GUIs?

1055 byte By boksofrox at 2008-2-7
Hello, Sorry to be bothersome, after getting a grips on how to actually make behaviour and get the robot to wander about... my supervisor decided he wanted me to work on a GUI instead for MSRS (it can be in HTML or any language really) which has the real time status of sensors, drive ...

Version Control

247 byte By TMR1 at 2008-2-7
Hi, What are the choices people are making for version control? Specifically, what files need to be included into the repository and which should be regenerated? I use subversion with TortoiseSVN and the VisualSVN addin. Thanks, Tim

Running Services?

347 byte By Don at 2008-2-6
In 1.5 CTP May version, when I load http://localhost:50000, where is the heading Running Services? When I start up services, everything seems to happen as usual, but I don't have a menu that shows me running services. If this was removed, why?!?!? If not, why don't I see it? ...

Robotics Command Prompt restart Windows

239 byte By Imix at 2008-2-6
In MSRS 1.0 when I run the Robotics Command Promt, Windows restart inmediatly it happen always. Windows XP service pack 2 with installation success and finish, the setup download all the components. Any Help, Thanks.

Few more samples on vb.net

328 byte By Anonymous at 2008-2-5
Is it possible to add few more samples on vb.net. At present we have only 3. if we have entity then we have problem in receive the notification. (example : if we have drive as well as range operation, then while recive range it gives error like range.update is not declared.) thank u ...

May CTP of MSRS 1.5 released

530 byte By GeorgeChrysanthakopoulos at 2008-2-5
New features are listed in the welcome letter. In addition, we have a new set of SpeechRecognition services (SR) available as samples. Welcome letter: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/bb432177.aspx Simulated Soccer now has the articulated 4 -legged robo dog from our partner Robosoft! ...

Using Department Floor Maps

458 byte By SahilDhawan at 2008-2-4
Hi Everybody, I am new to MRS, previously I was working with Player-Stage for my master's project. But because of loads of installation problems, now I am shifting to MRS. I am working on a project in which my robot(Pioneer) would be running based on the "floor plans" of my ...

LabView VS. Visual Programming Language

280 byte By Bonpon at 2008-2-4
Does this Visual Programming Language a direct competitor to National Instrument LabView? To my surprise, when I bought Lego NXT, I used the software that comes with it, then I tried to learn LabView. But then I saw this Visual Programming Language, I couldn't wait to learn it.

Speech Recognition

432 byte By Xeotrowa at 2008-2-4
Hi everyone, I have found this manifest regarding Speech Recognition in the config, but i can't locate the actual location of the source code. At the sametime, i can't run the above manifest using dsshost, so i am thinking whether this function still need more update? Or do i need some other ...

MSRS generic services

513 byte By boksofrox at 2008-2-4
I've been learning MSRS, and having not used .NET framework it has been a bit of an uphill battle learning everything. Anyway, I've been wondering this for a little while... When you set up services, typically its recommended to use the microsoft robotics commons services and then make a ...

Old forum posts?

340 byte By TMR1 at 2008-2-3
Hi, I like the format of the new forum, but the old forum posts from the previous nine months are now gone. They contained a huge amount of useful information that people spent many hours generating. It would be a shame if that valuable resource were gone. Is there anyway to access the old ...

cant install

143 byte By Ananak at 2008-2-3
i cant install robotics studio 1 but may computer crash and lose setup application i need ctp october for robotic studio

books on Programming for VPL/MSRS

85 byte By kapilRobotics at 2008-2-2
Hi George, Are their any books available on VPL or MSRS Thanks

SR. High School May and June

550 byte By borsodi at 2008-2-2
I am looking for practice exercises using the services and activities of VPL in logic that I can use on a day by day activity as we finish up our work with remote bluetooth electric wheel chairs using parallax's bs2 boe-bot. I also am looking for a VPL reference. If I were looking as regards, ...