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Microsoft released a separate toolkit for using the CCR and DSS framework inside your own applications, enabling Concurrent programming inside your regular C# (or VB.NET) application. And managing a directory of services with the DSS framework. So there is no need anymore for using Robotics Studio for these ...

The vision tester will connect to a Generic Webcam, and display the webcam screen together with a processed image. To make this work, we create a new DSS Service, add a Windows Form and hook the Form to the DSS Service. Create the windows form, and add 2 pictureboxes to the form (picCamera and picProcessed) Add a reference to ...

In our simulated arena we want to position the colored balls inside the arena Solution 1: Place the balls on an invisible box private void PlaceBallOnBox(Vector3 position, Vector4 color) { Vector3 ballHeight = new Vector3(position.X, position.Y, position.Z); Vector3 boxHeight= new Vector3(position.X, ...

To create the arena, we are going to create a seperate entity "ArenaEntity" to insert the object into the simulation engine. We'll start by adding a C# class file to our simulation project. Then inside the class, we create 4 walls (made out of a box shape) and place these as the corners. there is no floor, so make sure the simulation ...

Start by drawing your robot in a tool like SketchUp (free tool), this will result in a .SKP fileExport this with SketchUp Pro (there is an 8 hour trial version available, or another converter) to a .OBJ file (together with some material files and folders)Place this .OBJ file in the %MRDS%\store\media folderRun OBJ2BOS.exe /i:objectname.OBJ ...

Sample for using the Phidgets RFID service in Robotics Development Studio 2008

To use the Phidgets RFID device with Robotics Developer Studio 2008, we first need to install the Phidgets drivers Phidget 21 MSI. (don't download the Robotics Studio drivers, there is no RFID support in there) For the complete solution, download the PhidgetsRFID sample file(run DssProjectMigration first to update all ...

With the EntityNameSprite, we can display a text in the simulation window attached to our robots. The name is painted on a texture with a textureWidth and Height. We can set the font name and size. Finally we'll specify the Pose(location) of the display and the size in the simulator. Using the EntityNameSprite from the Visual Simulation ...

An overview page for my Robotics Developer Studio 2008 articles General articles:Using the CameraSprite EntityUsing the EntityNameSpriteHtmlFormPostMappingPhidgets RFID serviceDevantech (vpl) ExamplesASCOM service for controlling TelescopesRoboChallenge (2009) projectCreating the arenaCreating the simulated RobotPlacing ballsTrigger for grabbing ...

Using the CameraSpriteEntity from the Visual Simulation EngineStart a simulation with a robot with a camera (for instance a Pioneer 3DX)Go to Edit mode (Mode menu, choose edit)Entity Menu -> New...Choose CameraSprite, and as a parent the "robocam"Set Height and Width (e.g. both to 0.5 meter)Set Initial Pos (0,1,0) is 1 meter above the ...