MRDS

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Introduction

Robotino mrds4 icon 64.png The MRDS support for Robotino is here! Follow the instructions below for information on using the package.

Package links

downloads

The RobotinoMRDS ZIP Package

The RobotinoMRDS ZIP package can be downloaded from the link under the Package links section on the top right of this page. After the download please go through the following steps:

  1. Extract the contents of the ZIP package to Microsoft Robotics Dev Studio 4 Beta\packages directory. After extraction, your directory structure should look like Microsoft Robotics Dev Studio 4 Beta\packages\RobotinoMRDS.
  2. Fire up the MRDS 4 DSS Command Prompt and navigate to the Microsoft Robotics Dev Studio 4 Beta\packages\RobotinoMRDS directory
  3. Run the script Setup.cmd
  4. Now run the script BuildRobotinoMRDS.cmd
  5. If the above mentioned steps were followed properly, then the build should complete without any errors.

Robotino Services

The services which can be found in the RobotinoMRDS\Services directory are:

  1. Robotino
  2. RobotinoBumperService
  3. RobotinoDistanceSensorsService

More services shall be supported in the future.

Examples

It is highly recommended that you go through the examples provided for better understanding. These examples can be found under the RobotinoMRDS\Examples directory.

A video of this example in action can be viewed below. {{#ev:youtube|KVD_eiG4x8Q}}

Robotino Simulation Services

A simulated Robotino is also available for use in the Visual Simulation Environment (VSE). The related services can be found under the RobotinoMRDS\Simulation\Robotino directory.

Example Simulation Scenario

An example simulation scenario which simulates wall-following can be found under the RobotinoMRDS\Simulation\Scenarios\WallFollow. A video of the wall-follow scenario can be viewed below: {{#ev:youtube|rcJsAbxi1BY}}

The RobotinoMRDS sources

The ZIP package above contains pre-compiled dlls of the RobotinoAPI2. If you wish to stay on the bleeding edge, you may check out the sources from here.

Building RobotinoAPI2

Please follow the information on this wiki page to build the RobotinoAPI2 from the sources. Please do not forget to set the ROBOTINOAPI2_32_DIR or ROBOTINOAPI2_64_DIR environment variables.

Building RobotinoAPI2 Wrapper

Please follow the information on this wiki page to build the RobotinoAPI2 Wrapper from the sources. Please do not forget to set the ROBOTINOAPI2WRAPPER32_DIR or ROBOTINOAPI2WRAPPER64_DIR environment variables.