1. Robotics Developer Studio and Visual Program Language VPLYinong Chen

2. Table of Contents Introduction to Robotics Studio 1 Activities and Services in VPL 2 Example 1: Hello World in VPL 3 Example 2: Creating a loop 4

3. Introduction to Robotics Studio Service Client Writing robotic applications in VPL Service Repository Service Broker Writing robotic services in VPL Robotic services in C# or VB Service Provider VPL C# VB Robotics Studio .NetFramework Download Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/aa731520

4. Start the Application

5. Programming Robots in Simulation

6. Applications of Robotics Developer Studio Robosoft Kuka Coroware ASU-Intel-Carl Hayden AutoBot WhiteBoxRobotics NXT Mindstorms Watch it: http://vimeo.com/9740048 Robotics Connection

7. Basic Activities of VPL There are 10 basic activities, and many composite services in VPL Repository • Variable: supports basic types (int, string, boolean, etc) and their arrays ( called list ) • Calculate: Calculate the value of an expression • Data: like the constant values in regular programming language

8. Basic Activities (cont.) Activity Basic Activity • Construct a composite activity (flowchart) and can be wrapped as a service • Join: proceeds when all threads arrive; Can be used for creating parallel threads. • Merge: proceeds when one of the threads arrives. It can be used for creating a loop; • If: same as regular programming language construct; • Switch: same as regular programming language construct; • List: list of variables; • List of functions; Service Activity

9. Services as Building Blocks Application Activity Basic Activity • Services are precompiled and deployed functions (activities) • Services can be placed locally or remotely over the internet. • For example: • Services that provide access to robots’ sensors • Simple dialog which accepts a string and shows it in a window • Math functions which can complete complex computations Service Activity

10. A Glimpse of Applications ndServices

11. Example 1: Hello World

12. Hello World (cont.)

13. Example 2: Increment a value in a loop in VPL The goal of this VPL program is to • Create a variable and initialize it to 1; • Increment the variable in a loop, and • Voice-output the value in each iteration using the Text-to-Speech service; • Stop when the value = 10.

14. Define the Initial Value, Assign it to a Variable, and Choose the Type

15. Increment a value in a loop (cont.)