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Change Release Notes
This update release of ARC for Windows includes a few updates and enhancements. In particular, there is a new control for the WowWee MIP Robot, and many new ControlCommand() for that robot as well. This new control works with the EZ-B V4 - and is the first control to use the UART Peripheral Expansion Port.
- Added support for Wowewee mip
- updated scripting manual for examples about assigning commands to variables (i.e. ReadADC())
- fix for uartWrite() which is compatible with the new ez-b v4 protocol
- Control changes for RGB Eye Module, which will be on the store soon
- Added support for Wowewee mip
- updated scripting manual for examples about assigning commands to variables (i.e. ReadADC())
- fix for uartWrite() which is compatible with the new ez-b v4 protocol
- Control changes for RGB Eye Module, which will be on the store soon
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- GPT-Powered AI support
- Free with trial limitations
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- 2 or more PCs simultaneously
- Includes unlimited skills
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- Load and run any ARC project
- Operates in read-only mode
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- 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.
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| Feature | ARC FREE |
ARC PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Get ARC for Free | View Plans | |
| Usage | Personal DIY Education |
Personal DIY Education Business |
| Premium support | $14.99/ticket | $9.99/ticket |
| 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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They are shown on the JD videos doing some sequences.
I have installed this version of ARC and now get an "Invalid EZ-Robot OS Version" error message when trying to connect.
I cannot find any instructions on how to upgrade the EZ-Robot OS on the web site. Can someone point me in the right direction?
msg += "Invalid EZ-Robot OS Version. Please Upgrade." + Environment.NewLine;
msg += string.Format("EZ-B Reports v{0}. This copy of ARC requires v{1}", _firmwareResponse, REQUIRED_FIRMWARE) + Environment.NewLine;
msg += Environment.NewLine;
msg += "Would you like to view the help tutorial with instructions on how to upgrade the EZ-Robot OS?";
And you will be presented with a Yes or No option. If you press the YES option, a video step-by-step tutorial will walk you through the upgrade process.
Here is the video tutorial for the upgrade that you will find if pressing YES