Release notes - 2.1

Overview of the main changes:

• Release Notes - 2.1.4
  • NAO
    • Basic Channel - improved
  • Choregraphe
    • Supported Languages - better coverage
  • NAOqi
    • ALVisionRecognition - improved
  • SDKs
    • Java SDK available
• Release Notes - 2.1.3
  • Continuous diagnosis notification fixed
    • Fix #29013: Flood of diagnosis notifications
• Release Notes - 2.1.2
  • Addendum - 11 December 2014
    • Webots - Known issues
    • Webots - Tested and supported configurations
  • NAO Web page
    • Setting a connection behind a proxy
    • New parameter: Alive by default
  • Simulators
    • Webots 8 is available
• Release Notes - 2.1
  • Quick upgrade guide
    • 1. Check compatibility
    • 2. Upgrade your robot first!
    • 3. Port your 1.14 projects
  • Keys features
    • Life on start-up
    • New Web Page
    • New Aldebaran Cloud
    • Meet the Aldebaran robot family

Detailed Release Notes:

• Choregraphe 2.1
  • New features
    • Build Applications from Projects!
    • Edit Project content externally
    • New buttons: Wake up, Rest and Life buttons
    • New box type: Dialog box
    • New project content: QiChat script
    • New project content: Planar Move
  • Improved tools
    • Robot view: display perceptions
    • Behavior Manager: redesigned
    • Animation Mode: has evolved
    • Memory Watcher: Hierarchical view
    • Timeline: improved
    • Debug window becomes Log viewer
    • Save and load your favorite layout
  • Improved boxes
    • Sit Down & Stand Up
    • Wait, Timer, Twinkle & Fall Detector
    • WakeUp & Rest instead of Motor on/off
    • Set language & Speech Reco
    • Sound Tracker, Movement Tracker & Robot Posture
    • Choice
    • Other boxes to upgrade to support virtual robots
  • Technical
    • Supported OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) and later
    • Behavior’s loading time improved
    • Separate Virtual Robot execution
    • Connection management
    • Boxes: simpler types
• NAOqi API & SDks 2.1.2
  • ALAutonomousMoves: New methods
  • ALRobotPosture: algorithm improved
  • ALTextToSpeech: tts technology has changed
  • PackageManager: New methods and signals
• NAOqi API & SDks 2.1
  • Addendum - 23 September 2014
    • ALFaceDetection: OMRON solution instead of OKI
  • Few steps toward human behavior
    • New module: ALDialog
    • New module: ALAnimatedSpeech
  • New tracking system
    • New module: ALTracker
  • New extractors - Basics
    • New module: ALVisualSpaceHistory
    • New module: ALSegmentation3D
  • New extractors - For People Perception
    • New module: ALBasicAwareness
    • New module: ALPeoplePerception
    • New module: ALEngagementZones
    • New module: ALFaceCharacteristics
    • New module: ALGazeAnalysis
    • New module: ALSittingPeopleDetection
    • New module: ALWavingDetection
  • Core - New modules
    • New module: ALAutonomousLife
    • New module: ALAutonomousMoves
    • New module: ALTabletService
    • New module: ALUserSession
    • New module: ALWorldRepresentation
    • New module: ALSystem
    • New module: PackageManager
    • New module: ALPreferenceManager
  • Core - Improvements
    • Deprecated: ALPreferences
    • ALConnectionManager: new methods and event
    • ALExtractor: new methods
    • ALBehaviorManager: new methods
    • ALBehaviorManager partially deprecated
    • ALLauncher: removal of deprecated methods
    • ALResourceManager: removal of deprecated methods
  • Motion - Improvements
    • New reflex: Diagnosis effect
    • New reflex: External-collision avoidance
    • ALMotion: new event
    • New animation: Breath
    • NAO Kinematics models updated
    • ALMotion: new methods
    • ALRobotPosture: new method
    • ALRobotPosture: new events
    • ALRobotPosture: new predefined posture
    • Stiffness Control: new method and events
    • ALMotion: deprecated methods
    • ALNavigation: deprecated methods and events
  • Audio - new module
    • New module: ALVoiceEmotionAnalysis
  • Audio - Improvements
    • ALAudioPlayer on a virtual robot
    • ALAudioPlayer: new methods
    • ALSpeechRecognition: new methods and event
    • ALSpeechRecognition: event updated
    • ALSpeechRecognition: new parameter
    • ALTextToSpeech: new methods
    • ALTextToSpeech: new event
    • ALTextToSpeech: deprecated method
    • ALAudioSourceLocalization changed name to ALSoundLocalization
    • ALSoundLocalization and ALSoundDetection: parameter change
    • ALAudioDevice: methods
    • ALAudioDevice removal of deprecated methods
    • ALAudioDevice: deprecated parameter
    • ALSoundDetection removal of deprecated methods
  • Vision - new modules
    • New module: ALBarcodeReader
    • New module: ALCloseObjectDetection
    • New module: ALColorBlobDetection
    • New module: ALLocalization
  • Vision - Improvements
    • ALMovementDetection: fully reshaped
    • ALPhotoCapture: new methods
    • ALVideoDevice re-factored
    • ALVisualCompass: new method and event
    • ALVisualCompass: removal of deprecated methods
    • ALVisionRecognition: new method
    • ALVisionRecognition: deprecated method
  • People Perception - Improvements
    • ALFaceDetection: new methods
    • ALFaceDetection: deprecated methods
  • Sensors - New modules
    • New module: ALTouch
    • New module: ALChestButton
  • Sensors - Improvements
    • ALBodyTemperature: Actuators monitored
    • ALBodyTemperature: new and deprecated events
    • ALBattery: new methods
    • ALLeds: new method
    • ALLeds: method improved
  • Diagnosis - New module
    • New module: ALDiagnosis
  • SDKs, Bindings
    • Control NAO from your web browser - QiMessaging JavaScript
    • Python SDK: Python2.7 only
    • C++ SDK: end of VS2008 support
    • C++ SDK: end of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid) support
    • C++ SDK: change in qiBuild numbering
    • C++ SDK: breaking changes
    • Simulator SDK: multiple robot Models
    • Simulator SDK: NAOqi automatic Launch
• NAOqi OS 2.1
  • OpenNAO becomes NAOqi OS
  • Text editor
  • NAOqi OS VM
  • Miscellaneous
    • Removed packages
    • New packages
    • Updated packages

• Known issues 2.1