Release Notes

User-facing changes in each released version, newest first. Every entry corresponds to a change that shipped in that release.

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NOTE

To find out which version your robot is running, or to move between versions, see Robot Software Update and Version rollback.

v1.20.0

• Docking station recognition is now more stable, with a new overlay shown on the docking scan screen.
• Unified wheeled-robot locomotion with the legged-robot gait system and improved stability during wheel docking and stance transitions.
• We've reorganized the product documentation so you can find the information you need more easily and clearly.
• Upgraded the robot communication link for more responsive control, brought full feature parity from the previous control app, and completed support for Steam Deck and desktop platforms.
• The GUI now automatically detects which features a robot supports, and a dedicated interface for wheeled robots has been added.
• Unified PC status warning messages and cleaned up the log view by excluding unnecessary entries.
• Resolved compatibility issues from the video-call system upgrade and improved audio quality and connection stability.
• Made app auto-updates more reliable, refined the operator screen, and fixed an issue where the microphone indicator lit up incorrectly the first time the camera turned on.
• Reinforcement-learning training and playback with IsaacGym can now be set up easily via Docker.

v1.19.48

• test

Stable and nightly

RBQ software ships on two tracks. The release notes above cover stable.

	Stable (tagged release)	Nightly
Version string	vX.Y.Z	vX.Y.Z-nightly.<8-char commit>
Published	On release	Every night, automatically
Contains	Only changes that passed release validation	Everything developed up to that day
Retention	Every version is kept	Only the newest — each build overwrites the last
Release notes	Yes (the list above)	None — the source commit is recorded in nightly.txt
How to select	Default	Release channel selector in the app

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CAUTION

Run stable on robots you operate in the field. Nightly is built exactly the way stable is, but it does not go through release validation — it can contain behavior that is still being worked on.

Before choosing nightly, note that:

• You cannot go back to an earlier nightly. The channel keeps only the newest build. To go back, pick a stable version and install that instead — see Version rollback.
• The documentation is split the same way. If you run nightly software, read the nightly docs below as well; the stable docs may not describe that behavior yet.
• The release channel selector lives behind developer mode (access level 2 or higher).

Which docs am I reading?

Like the software, this site is published in two channels.

Channel	URL	Contents
stable	rainbowrobotics.github.io/RBQ/	Matches the latest released software
nightly	rainbowrobotics.github.io/RBQ/nightly/	Work in progress — may describe unreleased behavior

Switch between them with the channel selector in the top navigation. If you operate a robot in the field, stay on stable.