Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio is Now Free

Microsoft is now giving its Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 away for free. The download is just over 444MB so grab it if you want it.

Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 enables hobbyists and professional or non-professional developers to create robotics applications targeting a wide range of scenarios. The R3 release is a minor update that has the functionality of the previous Standard Edition, but is available at no cost to all users. As of the R3 release there are no separate Editions and only a single download.