MSRS: Critique on its Usability via a Path Planning Algorithm Implementation

摘要

In recent years an expanding number of robotics software platforms have emerged, with Microsoft expressing its interest in the field by releasing its own in 2006. This fact has created a highly competitive environment, as the majority of the products are mostly incompatible to each other, with every platform trying to establish itself as the field's standard. Thus, the question that arises is whether a platform is suited for educational purposes or creating a complete robotics intelligence package. This paper provides a study on the learnability, usability and features of Microsoft Robotics Studio, by creating and integrating into it a version of the Lifelong Planning A~* algorithm (LPA~*) algorithm.