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Announcements Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 is a platform for developing robotics applications. The RDS 4 Download is now available. The Robotics web site has been updated with new information. This release includes support for the Kinect Sensor using the Kinect for Windows SDK. For a full list of the new features and changes, please see What’s New. NOTE: In order to use RDS 4 you must upgrade to the commercial release of the Kinect for Windows SDK V1. You can continue to use RDS 4 Beta 2 only with the Beta 2 version of the Kinect for Windows SDK. RDS and Kinect for Windows must be used in matching versions. CodePlex Samples Additional code samples for RDS are available from CodePlex. This web site will allow small samples to be released outside of the normal product cycle. Users of RDS are also welcome to contribute to the code samples.

Downloads Please review the Product Information before proceeding with a download. More Microsoft Robotics Downloads Videos and Webcasts Microsoft Robotics Tour: CCR, VPL, Simulation - Part 1 Microsoft Robotics Tour: CCR, VPL, Simulation - Part 2 Classic Channel 9: Microsoft Robotics Studio Introduction Overview of RDS, VPL and Sim