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Release 2020.01.05.00

Desktop — Windows

ARC Release

ARC (Autonomous Robot Control) is Synthiam's flagship desktop robot programming platform. Build, program, and control any robot with powerful AI, 500+ plugins, and a visual no-code interface — all from your PC.

🤖 500+ Robot Plugins
🧠 AI & Machine Learning
☁️ Synthiam Cloud
🖥️ Windows 10 or 11

Change Release Notes

  • faster loading of mobile interface objects

  • rendering of objects across multiple screen resolutions is faster when executing layout

  • cheatsheet populates faster which makes loading the script edit window faster

  • file open dialog loads project list faster

  • more reliable video capture driver that keeps better reference to the image data memory location for each frame

  • camera vision engine that shares frame memory across display canvases

  • plugin configuration has a script helper class to store scripts rather then having to manually create storage entries

  • deeper error logging of script executor

  • fix for only one item displaying when opening from cloud

  • display version information about plugins when push question mark

  • remove avi recording framerate option because we use the current FPS of the camera

  • don't allow recording until the fps is set

  • additional cross thread protection when rendering video stream to screen canvas

  • check for updating doesn't delay project loading with no internet connection

  • Lock painting the camera canvas to prevent cross thread conflict when new frame is being loaded. Solves an issue with raspberry pi camera feed

  • larger image buffer

  • allocate buffer capacity ahead of time for more efficient memory management

  • prevent exception when checking new version

  • bring control to front of other windows when title bar is selected

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ARC

FREE
$0 always free
  • 1 third-party plugin skill per project
  • Trial cloud services
  • Personal, DIY & education use
  • Updated every 6–12 months
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ARC

PRO
$8.99 per month
  • Use on 2+ PCs simultaneously
  • Unlimited robot skills
  • Cloud backup & revision history
  • Weekly features & bug fixes
  • Business use permitted

ARC

RUNTIME
$0 always free
  • Load & run any ARC project
  • Read-only mode
  • Unlimited robot skills
  • Includes early access fixes & features
  • Minimum requirements: Windows 10 or higher, 2 GB RAM, 500 MB free disk space.
  • Recommended: Windows 10 or higher, 8 GB RAM, 1 GB free disk space.
  • Prices are in USD.
  • More about each edition: Download & install guide.
  • Latest changes: Release notes.

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Usage Personal · DIY · Education Personal · DIY · Education · Business
Early access to new features & fixes
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 recognition phrases * 10 Unlimited
Camera devices * 1 Unlimited
Vision resolution max 320×240 Unlimited
Interface builder * 2 Unlimited
Cloud project size 128 MB
Cloud project revision history
Create Exosphere requests 50 / month
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** 1,000 per cognitive type: vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection, azure text to speech


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Thank for the update, safe traveling,