ARC 2020.12.25.00 (Pro)

(Autonomous Robot Control Software)
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Change Release Notes

Welcome to the Holiday edition update of ARC - with a number of new features for the NMS and various bug fixes.

  • Added javascript and python commands for sending events to the navigator to Pause, Continue, Cancel navigation. This can be used by scripts to pause the navigation when an obstacle or user instructs, then continue again when clear. Find the new commands in the Support section under the JAvascript or Python NAVIGATION namespace.

  • Fix for the camera in Blockly not displaying when editing script with Blockly set as default editor

  • Made the Version more noticeable in the About window

  • Fix incredibly rare startup error

  • improvement on capturing log errors and fixing more unhandled exceptions

  • Fixes to occasional UI error when closing ARC or project

  • Fix error when pressing Add Control on a non-virtual desktop (i.e. blockly, roboscratch, user interface)

  • Update the camera resolution when the source is changed

  • new javascript & python command to shut down the pc


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  • Includes one free 3rd party plugin robot skill per project
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  • 2 or more PCs simultaneously
  • Includes unlimited skills
  • Cloud backup
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  • Load and run any ARC project
  • Operates in read-only mode
  • Unlimited robot skills
  • Early access fixes & features

Have you finished programming your robot? Use this to run existing ARC projects for free*.

  • Minimum requirements are Windows 10 or higher with 2+gb ram and 500+MB free space.
  • Recommended requirements are Windows 10 or higher with 8+gb ram and 1000+MB free space.
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Usage Personal
DIY
Education
Personal
DIY
Education
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Early access to new features & fixes Yes
Simultaneous microcontroller connections* 1 255
Robot skills* 20 Unlimited
Skill Store plugins* 1 Unlimited
Cognitive services usage** 10/day 6,000/day
Auto-positions gait actions* 40 Unlimited
Speech recongition phrases* 10 Unlimited
Camera devices* 1 Unlimited
Vision resolution max 320x240 Unlimited
Interface builder* 2 Unlimited
Cloud project size 128 MB
Cloud project revision history Yes
Create Exosphere requests 50/month
Exosphere API access Contact Us
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* Per robot project
** 1,000 per cognitive type (vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection, azure text to speech)

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#1   — Edited

Thanks for the Christmas gift of an update DJ!