[robocup-msrs] Robocup MSRS Challenge Rules - Less than 4 weeks to go!

[George Chrysanthakopoulos]

Hi, answers to your questions:


1)      We are using laptops that have dual cores, and the ATI x1600 graphics cards. They seem to work very well. We know there are plenty laptops that will run ok but we happen to use the HP nx9420 and nc8430 series. We know of much cheaper laptops (from DELL for example) that run MSRS and simulation fine as well. In one of his previous mails, Kyle has send a website link on how to check if the graphics card on your PC will support the pixel/vertex shader level we need for simulation

2)      Yes, all code is available with the MSRS setup, and also the binaries are precompiled. The code is also available through the MSDN library, which now also has documentation(user guide) on our DSS runtime

No question is too basic J

I also recommend you browse/search our online forums for answers to your questions, there is an active community online


Links below:

1)      Our MSDN library content with user guides, sample readmes, sample code, and sample tutorials

2)      Our support page through MSDN

3)      Direct link to forums for posting

g

[1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/default.aspx
[2] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/bb501032.aspx
[3] http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?forumgroupid=383&siteid=1






From: robocup-msrs-bounces at cc.gatech.edu [mailto:robocup-msrs-bounces at cc.gatech.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Williams
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:37 AM
To: Kyle Johns
Cc: robocup-msrs at cc.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: [robocup-msrs] Robocup MSRS Challenge Rules - Less than 4 weeks to go!

Hello,
I am the faculty advisor for our undergraduate students at Spelman College in Atlanta who plan to participate in the MSRS Soccer Challenge.  In the past, we have participated in the four-legged competition of robocup http://www.spelman.edu/~spelbots .  Our students are new to C#, etc and the MSRS and welcome the questions and answers on this listserve.

We have a couple questions:
1)  Can anyone recommend a "fast" PC laptop that you know for sure the video card is compatible with MSRS?
2)  Is the completed code for the Services Tutorials available?  (The webcast video demonstration using the Visual Studio C# can not be paused)

Hope these questions are not too basic.

-- Andrew

http://www.spelman.edu/~williams

On 6/5/07, Kyle Johns <kylej at microsoft.com<mailto:kylej at microsoft.com>> wrote:

Here is a first cut at the rules for the Microsoft Robotics Studio Challenge for Robocup 2007.  Please send comments, questions, or concerns to me directly or to the list as a whole.  These rules will be refined and additional helpful information will be added as we get closer to the competition.



We are now less than four weeks away from the competition in Atlanta.  The simulation environment and the simulated Robosoft Robudogs are ready and waiting for you.  All of the pieces are ready for you to begin developing your winning soccer services now.  I know that many of you have already gotten quite far and I'm looking forward to seeing some great soccer matches this summer.



Please send an email to introduce yourself to me and the rest of the list so that we can all get an idea of who is working on soccer services for July.  This will help us to plan for enough time at the beginning of the conference to help you verify that your services work on our hardware configuration.



-Kyle



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