ARC 2021.12.27.00 (Pro & Runtime)

(Autonomous Robot Control Software)
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Change Release Notes

  • Happy holidays:D

  • Updated cloud messages with more description of the issue

  • Added hard limit for bing speech recognition of 10 seconds recording time. This is because some people were leaving it running for hours and forgetting it was recording:)

  • Updated to the latest dependency libraries for security updates

  • Fix for inverting servo in some robot skills (i.e. talk servo)

  • Fix for when changing the size of interface builder workspace where an error would display about invalid input

  • Optimized some internal services for performance and exception handling


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  • Includes one free 3rd party plugin robot skill per project
  • Trial cloud services
  • Free with trial limitations

For schools, personal use & organizations. This edition is updated every 6-12 months.

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Only $8.99/mo

  • 2 or more PCs simultaneously
  • Includes unlimited skills
  • Cloud backup
  • And much more

Experience the latest features and bug fixes weekly. A Pro subscription is required to use this edition.

Runtime

Free

  • 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.
  • ARC Free known-issues can be viewed by clicking here.
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Feature ARC
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Usage Personal
DIY
Education
Personal
DIY
Education
Business
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
Volume license discounts 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  

ARC 2021.12.27.00 (Early Access & Runtime) Does not install, getting this from Microsoft...

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Synthiam
#2  

that’s a new message from Microsoft. Press install anyway

never seen that before

#3  

I tried to install anyway but it did nothing.  I changed the Apps setting to install from anywhere. now it's installing.

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Thanks DJ.

#4  

Thanks for the holiday update! Nice present from you! I like it.