SoftBank Robotics documentation What's new in NAOqi 2.5?

Release Notes - 2.3.0

Supported Operating Systems

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.

Mac OS: 10.10.2 Yosemite

Mac OS X versions 10.7.1 Lion, 10.8.3 Mountain Lion, and 10.9.4 Mavericks, are not supported.

Mac OS X version 10.10.2 Yosemite is supported.

For further details, see:

Interacting with Aldebaran robots

Calling Pepper

When Pepper has not yet seen you, or is not close enough to be fully listening, he may, however, understand a few words.

For further details, see: Calling Pepper.

Stop, Sleep, & Awake tactile commands

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Stop an Activity:

Put your hand on robot’s head (palm on camera and fingers on its head tactile sensor) for 1s.

nao Exiting an Activity

pepp Exiting an Activity

Put your Aldebaran robot to sleep:

Put your hand on robot’s head (same way) for 3s.

nao Putting NAO to sleep

pepp Putting Pepper to sleep

Awake your Aldebaran robot, while he is asleep:

Touch its head tactile sensor.

nao Awaking NAO

pepp Awaking Pepper

Security

Aldebaran 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: nao Event and state notifications or pepp Event and state notifications.

New tool: Memory Backup

Memory Backup allows you to back up and restore personal data stored on the robot.

For further details, see:

Pepper - Technical improvements

Pepper - V1.6: new Atom E3845 motherboard

For further details, see: Motherboard.

Pepper - V1.5: new sensors

For further details, see: Infra-Red.