Microsoft on Wednesday plans to take the wraps off Microsoft Robotics Studio, with hopes of paving the way for a broader robotics industry and taking a central role in its development. The software is free for hobbyists or researchers, but compani...

Microsoft believes the demand for consumer, research, and military robots will grow significantly--and it wants to own the market, with Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) and the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE). MSRS is a visual p...