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Microsoft launches RoboChamps competition
Hobbyists and professionals invited to simulated robotics challenge
Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com25 Apr 2008
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Microsoft has launched an open robotics competition for hobbyists and
students, as well as professional developers.
RoboChamps
will ask entrants to develop code for six different competitions in a simulated
robotics environment.
The virtual robots will compete online in a 3D environment based on
Microsoft's Robotics Developer Studio package. The company released the new
version of its robotics platform earlier this month.
Would-be robot programmers will be able to download a non-commercial version
of the developer toolkit for free.
The robots will be pitted against each other in six competitions, including
navigating a maze, exploring the surface of Mars and remotely piloting a car
around a city street.
Other competitions will include Sumo wrestling, search and rescue, and the
design of a new robotics competition.
Microsoft will fly the finalists to its Professional Developers Conference in
Los Angeles in October to compete in a final competition with real robots.
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