Arcx 2026.10.04.01

ARCx v2026.10.04.01 expands what it means to control a robot from anywhere. Your Browser Just Became Part of the Robot.

This release introduces browser-based microphone and speaker support, adds password protection for ARCx projects, improves audio-device handling, and brings ARCx navigation data closer to established robotics standards.

Your web browser isn't just displaying ARCx anymore.

Now it can become part of the robot.

Use Your Browser as the Robot's Microphone

ARCx can now use the microphone connected to your web browser as an audio input.

That means the computer, tablet, or other device you're using to access ARCx can provide microphone audio directly to the ARCx audio system.

New browser audio controls let you claim the browser microphone when you need it, giving Robot Skills another flexible source of live audio.

This opens up some very interesting possibilities for:

• Remote robot operation
• Speech recognition
• Telepresence
• Remote conversations
• Browser-based control stations

No microphone connected directly to the robot computer?

No problem.

Your Browser Can Be the Speaker Too

It works both ways.

ARCx can now route audio output through the browser you're controlling it from.

That means speech, sounds, and other ARCx audio can be played through the device sitting in front of you instead of requiring speakers connected directly to the robot.

Combined with browser microphone support, ARCx now has another powerful option for creating remote and distributed robot experiences.

Your browser can listen.

Your browser can speak.

And ARCx sits in the middle connecting everything together.

Password-Protected ARCx Projects

ARCx projects can now provide a proper password prompt when working with password-protected project files.

A new password interface handles entering and confirming project passwords while opening or saving projects.

This improves both security and usability while reducing the chance of accidentally entering a different password during confirmation.

Sometimes the robot project contains things you'd rather not leave lying around unlocked.

Now ARCx handles that a little more elegantly.

Navigation Moves Closer to ROS Standards

ARCx's Navigation and Mapping Service continues to evolve.

Pose and scan reporting have been updated to use conventions more closely aligned with ROS and modern robotics software.

Navigation values now use:

• Radians for angles
• Metres for distances

The navigation API has also been updated with clearer terminology such as Yaw, Angle, and Range. Existing members have been marked obsolete where appropriate to help maintain compatibility while Robot Skills transition to the new API.

For developers building navigation, SLAM, lidar, and autonomous movement Robot Skills, this creates a much cleaner foundation for exchanging robotics data.

Faster Navigation Data Handling

The Navigation and Mapping Service has also received improvements to the way it manages incoming scan points and pose updates.

ARCx now handles large amounts of navigation data more efficiently while prioritizing recent information for subscribers.

That's important because navigation sensors can generate a lot of data very quickly.

Your robot doesn't need to know where it was.

It needs to know where it is.

Smarter Audio Device Handling

Audio devices have a tendency to disappear at exactly the wrong time.

Headsets get unplugged.

USB microphones reconnect.

Bluetooth devices wander off.

ARCx now does a better job remembering your preferred input and output devices even when they're temporarily unavailable.

When the hardware comes back, ARCx has a better understanding of which device you actually wanted to use.

Better Speech Synchronization

The audio system now exposes additional information about playback progress and text-to-speech activity.

ARCx can track how much audio has been played and provide additional events around speech output.

This lays the groundwork for better synchronization between a robot's voice and its physical actions.

Imagine coordinating:

speech + mouth movement + gestures + animation + lights

...all from the same audio timeline.

That's where this starts getting interesting.

New Getting Started Documentation

We've also expanded the ARCx documentation with new guides designed to make it easier to get started with the platform and understand how Robot Skills are updated.

As ARCx grows, we're continuing to improve not just what the platform can do, but how quickly someone can go from installing it to making a robot actually do something.

Updated Core Components

Several internal components and dependencies have also been updated, including the SDL3-CS integration and supporting project configuration.

These updates keep ARCx's cross-platform foundation moving forward as more hardware, audio, AI, navigation, and user-interface capabilities are added.

ARCx v2026.10.04.01 is another step toward robots that aren't tied to one computer, one microphone, one speaker, or one way of interacting with the world.

Open ARCx in a browser.

Use that browser's microphone.

Use its speakers.

Control the robot.

And keep building from there.