Programming Robotic Systems using Visual Studio Chris Howd | Developer Content Planner, MS Paul Pardi | AppPlat Content Manager, MS

Meet Chris Howd Developer Content Planner, Microsoft Developer, Technologist, Learning Content Planner Responsible for customer facing client developer training: Windows apps, Windows Phone apps, Xbox apps, Windows Desktop apps Over 30 years of industry experience US Department of Defense, Self Employed (R&D), Microsoft Mechanical Engineer designing and programming robotic and automated systems before joining Microsoft in 2000. Developer, developer content planner, and robotics hobbyist.

Meet Paul Pardi | @paulpardi Content Development Lead, Microsoft Leads team of content developers focused on software development technologies Over 20 years experience as software developer and trainer Software and content development professional Managed Windows Store merchandising team for Windows 8 Managed team and wrote content for Internet Explorer Technical trainer, teacher, and book author Published Windows 8 app called Movie Notes

Course Topics Programming Robotic Systems using Visual Studio 01 | Embedded Systems, Robotics, and this MVA Training Series 05 | Integrating Advanced Sensors and Shields 02 | Getting Started with Arduino 06 | Mapping Areas and Detecting Objects 03 | Creating Your First Arduino Robot 07 | Integrating Wireless Control and Communication 04 | Controlling a Robotic Arm 08 | Looking Ahead

Setting Expectations Target Audience This Course: Developers and hobbyists who are interested programming robots that use Arduino microcontroller boards. This Series: Developers and hobbyists interested programming embedded systems. Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material Basic programming skills in C++, C#, or JavaScript Need to skill-up? Try these MVA Titles: C# Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners Programming in C# Jump Start Twenty C# Questions Explained

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01 | Embedded Systems, Robotics, and this MVA Training Series Chris Howd | Developer Content Planner, MS Paul Pardi | AppPlat Content Manager, MS

Module Overview Embedded, IoT, and Robotics? Microcontrollers and Other Hardware Examples of Microcontroller Boards Software Options Typical Code Sample The Robots Used in this Training Demo – Meet the Bots

Embedded, IoT, and Robotics? Microsoft’s history with embedded systems This MVA Course (introduction to programming robotic systems) Next steps for this training series? Internet of Things .NET Micro Framework Projects Windows Tablet Projects More robotics?

Microcontrollers and Other Hardware What are your hardware choices? Controller and microcontroller options Motors, sensors, and other hardware options Where can you buy hardware for your projects? How should you get started?

Examples of Microcontroller Boards

Software Options Operating Systems Programming languages Architectures Taking your first steps

Typical Code Sample void loop() { if (robotInitialized == false) initializeRobot(); if (performDiagnosticsChecks == true) if (armDiagnostics == true) testArmMovement(); if (wheelSpeedDiagnostics == true) testGearmotors(); if (sensorDiagnostics == true) testSensorPositioningAndReadings(); } else if (intruderStopped == false) // continue main program loop…

The Robots Used in this Training We will be exploring the development of 3 robots We will include brief hardware discussions We will spend most of our time focused on the code Robot #1: Simple Autonomous “MSBump-Bot” Robot #2: Semi-Aware “MSGuard-Bot” Robot #3: Wirelessly Controlled “MSSpider-Bot”

Meet the Bots

Review This MVA course is the first in a planned series on embedded systems Future courses in this series will focus on .NET Micro Framework projects and projects involving Windows tablets. We plan to develop Internet of Things training that covers both .NET Micro Framework and full .NET/WinRT apps. You can “vote” for more training on robotics