In May, Microsoft announced that it had a new research program under way, aimed at developing an operating system and software developmenttools for robots.
In May, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) announced that it had a new research program under way, aimed at developing an operating system and software developmenttools for robots.
Their strategy is to own the file formats, programming interfaces, communications architecture, developmenttools and tools that connect applications to applications and applications to the operating system.