At Tech.Ed India 2009, there was a new Microsoftie wheeling around Hyderabad. It sang, spoke & even had the girls around it. Meet Microsoft Sam. Powered by .Net & made using Microsoft’s Robotic Studio 2008. Microsoft Sam is a robot from Microsoft Technology Center, Bangalore. You can watch an interview with him below.
(Images courtesy Abhishek Baxi’s flickr stream)
Abhishek Baxi from Microsoft interviewing Rama from Microsoft’s Bangalore Technology Center. According to Rama, the robot can be made in 4 hours by anyone without any prior knowledge on how to program. All you need is Microsoft Robotics Studio & a bit of logic. Check it out:
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May 18th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
It’s really cool. I met sam at the event. http://www.sitaram-pamarthi.com/2009/05/my-tech-ed-india-2009-experience.html
May 21st, 2009 at 5:20 am
Microsoft Sam is so lucky
May 29th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Nice piece of work.I could see the MS Sam in action in the video.
June 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Microsoft Sam…aahh…live in action…thanx for the video above…its cool, great work by bangalore team…really initiative…
August 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I’ve linked this page from VTD website.
August 13th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Checked it! Thanks a ton! Awesome robo too!
April 17th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Awesome to see such a smooth integration of HW and SW thru an operational robot..
I guess the potential application is only limited by one’s imagination…
Thanks for sharing…really inspirational…Keep creating new apps…