ch. 1. Challenges and solutions in robotics -- ch. 2. Microsoft robotics development platform -- ch. 3. Microsoft visual programming language -- ch. 4. Visual simulation environment -- ch. 5. Robot I/O unit -- ch. 6. Robot motion behavior -- ch. 7. Controlling the robot through sounds -- ch. 8. Robot vision -- ch. 9. A real application : sumo robot contest -- ch. 10. Related learning resources.