Did you know that Microsoft has a cool IDE for developing and simulating robots? I have had the chance to explore the Robotics SDK recently and found that it is so generic that it can be used not only for robots but also for a multi-sensor mission critical system. The Robotics Studio was developed for research purposes by Microsoft Research and can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/robotics . Figure - The Visual Programming IDE for Robotics Studio If you wish to learn more, I uploaded a...