Here you can find a broad set of samples that demonstrate how to use Microsoft Robotics Studio with various technologies including:

• Robotics Technologies: location, speech, vision, etc.
• Windows Devices and Interop: webcam, Windows messaging, USB devices, etc.
• Data Models and Data Exchange: RSS/Atom, SQL, etc.

The technology samples may be available in multiple languages. Please check the available languages in the table of contents and select the one that fits you.

Robotics Technologies

Location Technologies

Microsoft GPS

How to use the Microsoft GPS-360 receiver to get current location and to hook up to Virtual Earth to 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 5.1 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 you how to use multiple partners such as SimpleVision and Text-to-speech and Command speech recognizer services to implement a human robot interaction.

Devices and Interop

Input Devices

Game Controller

The DirectInput API is used to process data from a keyboard, mouse, joystick, or other game controller. The Game Controller sample exposes a DirectInput controller as a DSS service.

XInput Controller

XInput is an API that allows applications to receive input from the Xbox 360 Controller for Windows. Controller rumble effects and voice input and output are supported. The XInput Controller sample exposes an XInput Controller as a DSS service.

WebCam

How to hook up to a Web camera and access it from a Browser as well as from other services.

Sending and Receiving Windows Messages

Windows Messaging

How to write an simple service that can send and receive window messages to communicate between Robotics Studio and native Windows applications.

Device Driver Interop

Toaster

The Toaster sample interacts with a C++ device driver that lists available toaster devices and their information.

USB Device View

The USB Device View sample is a C++ sample that lists all available USB devices including host controllers and hubs with additional information about them.

Data Models and Data Exchange

Atom/RSS syndication

How to use Atom/RSS using DSS, subscribing to feeds, and to programmatically access Atom feeds using DSSP.

SQL: Storing, Retrieving, and Manipulating Data in a SQL Server

How to build a SQL front-end service that enables services to query, manipulate, and store data in a SQL database using DSS. The front-end can be configured to access any Microsoft SQL server database simply by modifying the state of the service without recompilation.