RapidPlan 2.6 Release Notes
We are thrilled to announce the new release! This update brings a host of new features, improvements, and bug fixes designed to enhance your user experience and improve overall performance.
Indicates changes which have been reflected in the user guide
RapidPlan Create Changes
Auto-connect regeneration changes [behind a feature flag, discuss with RTR to enable this]
New projects created in 2.6 will not include collidables, and projects created before 2.6 loaded on 2.6 will have collidables removed from the project
RapidPlan Control Changes
Communication
ASCII API
Added “IsOnTarget” command
Enabled Planning Moves to be sent to a joint_config, previously user could only do Planning Moves to target/pose
Added roadmap_mode parameter for “shortest move” feature
Added support for motion recording commands
Added support for Routes
Profinet
Display loaded project ID in controller input status
Reference frame added to GetRobotTCP
Additional logging for Profinet commands (see CP notes below)
Ethernet/IP
[Feature flag] Available for test only. Please reach out to RTR for more information if interested.
Control Panel
Control panel history tab now shows Profinet command and response history
Added a status bar to the canvas to display relevant information including camera position and details on selection modes for targets, robots and edges. User can edit camera position (XYZ) from the status bar.
Removed warning for firefox users
Joint dynamics, within advanced settings for a robot, has been overhauled. Unsaved data is now preserved when the user changes tabs. Dynamics configurations can be copied between presets.
Move previews
Other RapidPlan Changes
License changes, no user-facing changes
Enable planning moves to config
YAML “optimization” mode removed
Backwards compatibility is now guaranteed between all previous versions (previously only supported for release versions)
Motion Planning Changes
Added movement mode parameter “roadmap_mode” for users to define how roadmap moves to pose or joint config should use the roadmap to prioritize either shortest paths or minimizing off-roadmap moves
Robot Control Changes
Added new section on support for ABB IRC5 Controller Configuration
Optimization Changes
Optimization in RapidPlan 2.6 is available for RTR internal users only
User is now warned when leaving the opti dialogue before applying results
Script is now available to update YAML for optimization by removing