Release Notes#

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RVC v2.1 release includes bug and security updates as well as adds two new components: Intel Lab’s Dobby Path Planner, an adaptive path planner that improves robot arm performance in complex environments; and Intel Lab’s Histodepth Pointcloud Segmentation algorithm in a Virtual Fence application.

  • Intel Lab’s Dobby Path Planner: This new planner, available as an option in RVC’s dynamic motion use case, enables fast collision checking, a new geometric path planner based on rapidly exploring random trees, new trajectory generation methods for user-specific optimization criteria, and a novel cartesian trajectory generation algorithm that allows tracking time-dependent trajectories in cartesian space enabling self and obstacle collision avoided while producing dynamically feasible trajectories.

  • Intel Lab’s Histodepth Pointcloud Segmentation Virtual Fence: Now part of the RVC package, this virtual fence application running on ROS uses depth information from an Intel RealSense camera to create dynamic and static scene segmentation maps to enable live robotic virtual fencing and safety bounding. The use of this segmentation algorithm enables a drop-in approach to virtual fencing, requiring no training or learning before deployment.

Features

  • New dynamic path planning algorithm available.

  • New dynamic virtual fencing algorithm available.

Known Limitations and Issues