Robochamps Robotics League - Win Real Robots!

Today saw the launch of a new website which allows users to compete in a  series of challenges to program virtual robots using Microsoft Robotics Studio (a plugin for Visual Studio - C# Express and above).

Historically robotics has had many barriers to entry for the casual users wanting to get started such as the cost of hardware. The cool thing about Robochamps is it uses 3D simulation technology built into Robotics Studio to allow users to program virtual robots at no cost. Even cooler you can actually win real robots by competing!

It's really easy to get started; just set up the IDE (you can get a Visual Studio 2008 from DreamSpark if you're a student), pick a challenge and start coding, if you get stuck there's even a learning zone on the site.

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