(Autonomous Robot Control Software)
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Change Release Notes
This is the first of Beta releases of ARC. The Beta releases run between monthly stable releases. Installing beta releases gets you early access to new and experimental features - but also increases the chance of new and exciting bugs.
- first draft of the capability manager for supporting other pcb's with custom firmware implementing the ez-b protocol
- capabilities for connected devices register in ARC and controls can query the capabilities so multiple controller types with different features can be connected (i.e. arduino, ez-b v4, etc)
- added emulator support for capability board
- added capability and firmware support for Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Robotis OpenCM and Robotis OpenCR

Capabilities
All EZ-B's report capabilities, which can be queried by plugins and the ARC platform framework. This allows controllers to specify their capabilities to avoid errors of unsupported features in the software. If a controller does not support audio, the capability will not report audio and therefore audio features will be disabled in the framework.
A new section of the website is being developed for people to create and share firmwares for different hardware (arduino, etc.) and their respective capabilities.
Currently, three Arduino boards are supported by uploading the firmware to them. Once the firmware is uploaded to the Arduino, they become EZ-B's. Arduino and compatible boards supported by ARC at time of this release are...
- Arduino Geniuno Uno
- Arduino Duemilanove
- Arduino Mega
- Robotis OpenCM
- Robotis OpenCR
View the tutorial for connecting to an Arduino HERE
- first draft of the capability manager for supporting other pcb's with custom firmware implementing the ez-b protocol
- capabilities for connected devices register in ARC and controls can query the capabilities so multiple controller types with different features can be connected (i.e. arduino, ez-b v4, etc)
- added emulator support for capability board
- added capability and firmware support for Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Robotis OpenCM and Robotis OpenCR

Capabilities
All EZ-B's report capabilities, which can be queried by plugins and the ARC platform framework. This allows controllers to specify their capabilities to avoid errors of unsupported features in the software. If a controller does not support audio, the capability will not report audio and therefore audio features will be disabled in the framework.
A new section of the website is being developed for people to create and share firmwares for different hardware (arduino, etc.) and their respective capabilities.
Currently, three Arduino boards are supported by uploading the firmware to them. Once the firmware is uploaded to the Arduino, they become EZ-B's. Arduino and compatible boards supported by ARC at time of this release are...
- Arduino Geniuno Uno
- Arduino Duemilanove
- Arduino Mega
- Robotis OpenCM
- Robotis OpenCR
View the tutorial for connecting to an Arduino HERE
ARC Downloads
Teams FREE
Free
- Includes a free 3rd party plugin robot skill per project
- Community support
- Free with trial limitations
For schools, personal use & organizations. This edition is updated every 6-12 months.
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Early Access
Only $8.99/mo
- 2 or more PCs simultaneously
- Includes unlimited skills
- Premium support
- And much more
Experience the latest features and bug fixes weekly. A Pro subscription is required to use this edition.
Runtime FREE
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.
- Teams known-issues can be viewed by clicking here.
- Get more information about each ARC edition by clicking here.
- See what's new in the latest versions with Release notes.
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Feature | ARC Teams FREE |
ARC PRO |
---|---|---|
Get ARC for Free | View Plans | |
Usage | Personal DIY Education |
Personal DIY Education Business |
Premium support | $14.99/ticket (optional) |
✓ 1 request/month ($9.99 for additional requests) |
Feature requests | ✓ Yes | |
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 | |
Get ARC for Free | View Plans |
* Per robot project
** 1,000 per cognitive type (vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection)
** 1,000 per cognitive type (vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection)
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