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Re: Microsoft Robotics Studio
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:14:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Danny Staple wrote:
> Now I do think that it is still very overhyped at the moment, and have
> said as much on my blog:
> http://orionrobots.co.uk/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=1&postId=92
Hey nice site! I really enjoyed reading it and it has some cool links I haven't
seen before.
> Hmm - I do hope not. I have seen webservers on PIC's, but this is not
> the place to build WSDL or XML-RPC or similar systems. I suppose it
> depends where the market for these systems will go. The gumstix
> systems are relatively heavyweight, and the NXT may be perfectly
> capable. However - at the moment, it looks specifically that most of
> this stuff will be running on a PC, using the MC's native
> communication (rs232, ir, bluetooth etc) to command it, and not
> actually be stuff running on an MC - which is why I probably wouldnt
> really do a lot with it.
Yeah, watching the videos does help. It seems the M$ group has no intention of
running their code natively on each system (MC). However, they seem to provide
a generic SOAP/XML framework (a service bus from what I gather in the white
paper fluff) to communicate with the NXT from a central location (PC). I think.
That's why I'm getting out of it.
> I agree with you totally here. REST is cool, but has so little to do
> with mobile robotics. However, this MSRS might be just the thing for
> home automation. Think about it - have a MC with a heat sensor,
> interfaced to the boiler, a couple of fans, and some other stuff.
> Then, you could have this attached to the PC running MSRS, and this
> with an exposed SOAP interface. Then you could start adding other MC's
> doing other automation tasks (lights etc). From a (very) high level
> perspective, using REST with these could give you a loosely coupled
> and flexible control interface.
Yes, exactly. I think you can create HIGHER level services modules, plug it
into the MSRS framework and off your running....in fact, at JavaOne, Nokia had a
similar idea with their next generation mobile platform (have downloable modules
that encapsulate some higher level service that you can plug in to your main app
at runtime (I *think* it was OSGi based), like a Google Maps service). This is
very similar to MSRS from my limited understanding of the tool.
Though I don't how I feel about a blue screen when I toast bread! :D
-aps
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