This section contains a broad set of samples that demonstrate how to use Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (RDS) with various technologies including location, speech, vision, etc.

Location Technologies

Microsoft GPS

How to use the Microsoft GPS-360 receiver to get current location and to hook up to Virtual Earth. Plus, put the GPS coordinates on a geographical map.

Speech Technologies

Text-To-Speech

How to write a service that interacts with the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) by converting text input to speech output.

Speech Recognition

How to use the Speech Recognition Engine SAPI for doing speech recognition.

Vision Technologies

Simple Vision

How to write an image processing service that performs a color object, a simplified face and hand gestures detections.

Vision Based Tracking

How to write an Orchestration service that can follow a user wearing a colored shirt for a mobile robot equipped with a laser range finder and a WebCam. This sample also shows the programmer how to use multiple partners such as SimpleVision and Text-to-speech and Command speech recognizer services to implement a human robot interaction.

Color Segmentation

Shows a sample Color Segment service that analyses images from a Web camara, or simulated Web camara, and identifies color regions in each image, based on color definitions declared in the service state.

Blob Tracker

Simple blob tracker service that finds specific blobs (regions) within an image for simple color tracking.

Blob Tracker Calibration

The Blob Tracker Calibration Service is a WinForms-based service that is used to calibrate the Blob Tracker service.