Release Notes – Synthesis – from 2.1 to 2.8¶
Welcome back NAO!¶
This release is fully dedicated to the new version of NAO.
Check compatibility!¶
2.8 runs exclusively on NAO V6.
- It cannot run on a former version of NAO.
- It is not available on Pepper.
Interacting with NAO¶
Semantic Engine: a new power for NAO!¶
NAO can learn!
Thanks to his Semantic Engine, NAO is able to:
- keep in mind some information,
- acquire new information, and
- use this knowledge in order to answer your questions and requests.
Note
For now, NAO has a short-term memory, persistent from startup to shut-down. He will forget all his knowledge each time he reboots.
For further details, see: Semantic Engine - What NAO knows.
Stop, Sleep, & Awake tactile commands¶
| To ... | For further details, see ... |
|---|---|
Stop an Activity: Put your hand on robot’s head (palm on camera and fingers on its head tactile sensor) for 1s. |
Exiting an Activity |
Put your NAO to sleep: Put your hand on robot’s head (same way) for 3s. |
Putting NAO to sleep |
Awake your NAO, while he is asleep: Touch its head tactile sensor. |
Awaking NAO |
Developing Applications - new guides¶
Your robot is alive!¶
Developing quality applications for a living robot must take the robot’s life into consideration, and the following guides will help you to do so:
Robot Application Standards¶
Before publishing your Application on the Maxtronics Store, take a few minutes to read and understand the following requirements. Make sure your application is compliant with all of them before publishing it on the Maxtronics Store.
For further details, see: Robot Application Standards.
Security¶
Maxtronics robot makes sure he is in a safe position when starting Life and adds a notification if he is not in a safe position.
Notifications¶
All system notifications which are either a warning or an error are now formatted the same way: prefixed by their severity and their ID number.
For further details, see: Event and state notifications.
New tool: Robot settings¶
Robot settings replaces the former NAO Web page. Running on your computer, it allows you to configure your NAO.
- Available on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
- Available in English, French, Chinese and Japanese, and soon available in 17 more languages.
For further details, see:
WiFi network settings¶
WiFi advanced configuration: MAC addresses displayed¶
If you need to configure the MAC address filtering of your WiFi access point, you can now display NAO‘s MAC adresses.
For further details, see: Network information.
Supported Operating Systems¶
Linux: 64bits only¶
Linux32 support is not provided anymore.
Linux: Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)¶
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) is not supported.
Linux Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) is supported.
Windows: 7 and 8.1¶
Windows XP is not supported.
Windows 7 and 8.1 are supported.
For further details, see: