Robotics Developer Studio (MSRDS) and LEGO? Robotics Developer Studio provides clear instruction on the development and operation of the robot. The first few chapters of this book introduces MSRDS development environment, including concurrency and coordination runtime (CCR), decentralized software services (DSS), a visual simulation environment (VSE), and Microsoft Visual Programming Language (MVPL). Text then includes input and output to the robot and the control logic and explain how MSRDS can be used to control LEGO robots? S hearing and eyesight. The final chapter provides information on academic programs related websites, and books. Top-down approach used in this text helps the reader to think a robot as a system rather than a collection of parts.