Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer StudioISBN: 978-0-470-14107-6
Paperback
826 pages
May 2008
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Kyle Johns is a principal software developer at Microsoft,
where he is currently a member of the Microsoft Robotics Developer
Studio Team. After receiving a master’s degree in computer
science from the University of Utah, he designed 3D graphics
hardware for flight simulators at Evans and Sutherland. He joined
Microsoft as one of the original members of the DirectX Team and
then went on to help develop the graphics system software in the
early days of the Xbox project. Recently he has been enjoying the
opportunity to apply his 20 years of 3D graphics experience to the
field of robotics by developing the Robotics Developer Studio
Simulation Environment.
Trevor Taylor is a consultant in the field of robotics education. After 20 years in the IT industry, including co - founding a consulting company that became a Microsoft Solution Provider Partner, he moved to the Queensland University of Technology in 2002. For six years he taught a variety of subjects, including Visual Basic and Web development using ASP.NET. During this period he also worked part - time on a doctorate in computer vision and robotics. In early 2008, Trevor left QUT to concentrate on developing course materials for teaching robotics and to finish writing his thesis. Trevor has worked with MRDS since the very first Community Technology Preview in June 2006 and is an active and well - known contributor to the community.