Microsoft® Robotics Studio Partner Program
Robot Manufacturers, Hardware Component Vendors, Solution Providers, ISVs March 2007 Microsoft Robotics Studio offers a partner program, called the MSRS Partner Program (MSRSPP) that will feature the following categories of companies: Robot Manufacturers –manufactures and markets robots that support MSRSbased services/applications. Hardware Component Vendors - manufactures and markets hardware devices that support MSRS-based services or MSRS-based robotics scenarios. Solution Providers –develops commercial software solution using MSRS technologies. May act as a consultant or solution provider to other 3 rd parties. ISV- develops software or software development tools for MSRS-based robots. Please complete this form, and return along it together with your company logo to: MSRSPP@microsoft.com Company Name Phone Address Primary Partner Contact (Marketing) Phone Email Secondary Partner Contact (Technical) Phone Email Product Category (Select one)
Robot Manufacturer Hardware Component Vendor Solution Provider ISV
Company Overview (100 words)
Product/service Description (100 words)
Company URL (For solution providers only) Customer Implementation (For solution providers only) Case Study URL
Please note: Highlights and requirements may be added or deleted at Microsoft’s sole discretion.
MSRSPP Program Highlights
Listing on Microsoft Robotics Studio partner page featuring company name, logo, product description and link to company website Opportunity for participation in Microsoft Robotics Studio sponsored or hosted robotics industry events; this may include participation in exhibit demonstrations, conference keynote presentations, road shows and/or training workshops. Microsoft quote for your company’s press releases (requires pre-approval from Microsoft) Optional inclusion in Microsoft Robotics Studio press releases Optional inclusion of your company’s robot services or samples with future Microsoft Robotics Studio product releases Optional training from Microsoft Optional pre-release updates, architectural overviews and/or technical information (requires signed NDA)
In order to be included in the program, a company must meet the following requirements:
MSRSPP Program Requirements
Program requirements for all company categories: The application form must be completed in full. You should include up-to-date marketing and technical contacts and be reachable via email, Internet or fax. Your company must maintain a professional online presence 24x7 (Web site) Your company must work cooperatively with Microsoft to promote support of Microsoft Robotics Studio, including: o Provide a company overview (100 words), a description of your products (100 words), and a company logo (in both EPS and GIF/JPG format100x500 pixels), and permission for Microsoft to use this logo on its website o Create a publicly accessible page on your company Web site about your Microsoft Robotics Studio-compatible offering and provide permission to Microsoft to optionally provide a link to it from the Microsoft Robotics Studio website o Promote and publicly support Microsoft Robotics Studio-based solutions and services in tradeshows, conferences and online forums where possible o Distribute a press release describing your support for Microsoft Robotics Studio. (Press release to be reviewed and pre-approved by Microsoft.) o Provide ongoing information about your continuing support for Microsoft Robotics Studio (on request)
Additional requirements for robot manufacturers, hardware component vendors and ISVs: Your company must offer products or service(s) and/or 3D models and simulation services compatible with the Microsoft Robotics Studio. A product or service is considered to be Microsoft Robotics Studio compatible if the following conditions are met: o The primary control loop/orchestration is based on DSSP/CCR and is executed in the context of DSSHost o Device interactions are through MSRS-based services o There is clear separation of function and state within a service, and the service state is observable o Services are kept current with the latest release of Microsoft Robotics Studio, and your company should provide customer support for these services Additional requirements for solution providers (SPs): Provide one example of customer implementations or case-study using your support of Microsoft Robotics Studio on your company’s public website, granting Microsoft permission to link to this information. Your company may also join other Microsoft Certified Partner Programs. See http://www.microsoft.com/certpartner Usage of Microsoft Logos and Trademarks At this point, program participants may not use our Microsoft Robotics Studio product logo or the Microsoft corporate logo on third-party Websites or products. Please stay tuned for more information on our Microsoft Robotics Studio logo program. With regard to usage of other Microsoft trademarks, please refer to Microsoft corporate branding and trademark guidelines available at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general.msp x Please complete this form, and return along it together with your company logo to: MSRSPP@microsoft.com Thank You, The Microsoft Robotics Group