Read this post to learn much information about the news Microsoft releases ROS for Windows 10.
Simply speaking, ROS refers to a set of libraries and tools for building complex robots.
Now, this company is working with Open Robotics and the ROS Industrial Consortium to bring ROS to Windows.
At ROSCon 2018, Microsoft showed a robot called Robotis Turtlebot 3 running ROS Melodic Morenia on Windows 10.
This ROS can recognize and steer towards the person that is closest to the robot.
This can be as a proof that Microsoft has successfully let ROS work in Windows.
Besides, Microsoft also demonstrated a Robot OS simulation environment that is running in Azure.
Moreover, a swarm of robots running in a virtual world are also showcased.
These robots are connected to an orchestration system and controlled via Azure IoT Hub.
Among them, one of the biggest hurdles is that ROS also involves getting started with Linux.
This may be not a big deal but a more significant obstacle in an educational environment for individual users.
To let ROS working on Windows 10 now, there are some things that should be noted.
Microsoft has taken action to make ROS (soon ROS2) more accessible and easier to use.
Although differences between Windows and Linux exist, there is plenty of room for further simplification.
