Robotics is entering a new phase where general-purpose learning matters as much as mechanical design. Instead of programming ...

Microsoft released the preview version of a software toolkit for building robot applications on Tuesday, pledging to ignite the robot market in the same way it did the PC market some 20 years ago. The ...

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Robotics, for instance, is showing signs that it is reaching maturity, largely due to the efforts of Microsoft Corp. and ISVs. Microsoft's Robotics Studio and its relatively new partner program is a ...

Microsoft is funneling $1 million over the next three years to create an Institute for Personal Robots in Education at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. The colleges are also ...

Microsoft released the commercial version of its software for robots on Wednesday, hoping to shape the market much as it did for PC software a few decades ago. Its Robotics Studio includes programming ...