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Microsoft aims to bring robotics technology to the masses with programming software to ease the development of new applications, replicating an approach it adopted in the early days of the personal computer industry.

[via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_robots_dc]

Seems like an intersting venture on Microsofts part.