Microsoft Starts Robotics Venture

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Aron Schatz
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June 21, 2006
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There is a new department at Microsoft for robotics. How long until RoboGates replaces the real thing? I guess in 2008.

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The Seattle-based company on Tuesday previewed a set of new software tools that aims to give developers a simpler way to design robots and to create and test programs that operate a wide range of machines -- from toys to floor sweepers to those used in factory production lines. "We believe this is a key part of the future of computing," said Microsoft Robotics Group general manager Tandy Trower, who called robots the next evolution of the personal computer.

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