Tandy Trower, the 57 years old retired Microsoft employee and creator of the Microsoft Robotic Studio, launched a new Seattle-based start-up called Hoaloha Robotics. The main goal is to produce a unified programming environment and robotic interface (à la ROS) in order to commercialize afford
Microsoft has been working quietly for some time now (very little publicity) on its Robotics Developer Studio software. And, it has announced a major shift in strategy: from now on Microsoft RDS will be FREE. By making software available for everyone to download, the Redmond company hopes to pr…
