Old News

The news headlines from the front page are archived here.

Since we reorganized the website, links here may be broken.

14 May 2005: Player 1.6.4 has been released. Check out the release notes, then download.
4 May 2005: There's a bug in Player 1.6.3 that causes a compile error on some platforms (e.g., Linux). There is a patch that fixes this bug.
3 May 2005: Player 1.6.3 has been released. Check out the release notes, then download.
31 Jan 2005: The Player/Stage Getting Started document has been updated for Player and Stage v1.6.x. Get it from the documentation page.
30 Jan 2005: Player 1.6.2 has been released. This release adds a handful of useful features; no major changes. Check out the release notes, then download.
25 Jan 2005: Player 1.6.1 has been released. This minor release fixes a number of bugs and adds a couple of new features. Check out the release notes, then download.
12 Dec 2004: Version 0.1.0 of the pmap mapping package is available. This version includes libraries for laser-stablized odometry, particle-filter-based mapping, and global map relaxation.
16 Nov 2004: Gazebo 0.5.0 as been released. This version is compatible with Player 1.6. Check out the spiffy new docs.
12 Nov 2004: Player 1.6 and Stage 1.3.5 have been released. They are mutually compatible and are both compatible with the previously released librtk 2.3.0. Player 1.6 is also compatible with Gazebo 0.4, Gazebo 0.4.1, and the forthcoming Gazebo 0.5. Lots of new stuff in Player this time; check out the new docs to see what. Nothing new in Stage; it's just been updated to work with Player 1.6.
2 Nov 2004: Gazebo 0.4.1 has been released ; this is a bug-fix release of Gazebo 0.4, with the build scripts tweaked to support ODE 0.5 instead of ODE 0.039. Make sure you read the installation instructions .
25 Oct 2004: A link to Spanish language documentation for P/S has been posted to the FAQ. Thanks to Fatima Fabiola Buenrostro Rojas and Victor Manuel Mendoza Malagon!
22 Jul 2004: Some links to information about getting high-speed scans from the SICK laser range-finder has been posted to the FAQ.
15 Jul 2004: The MARIE project has made their first release, MARIE-0.1.0 (Tinker), which includes support for Player (and CARMEN and RobotFlow).
13 Jul 2004: Bernard Guillot has provided patches to make Player and Stage build under Cygwin. The patches are merged in CVS. Read Bernard's instructions.
5 Jul 2004: Yiannis Gatsoulis has provided detailed instructions for installing P/S/G on Fedora C2.
12 Jun 2004: Stage 1.3.4 has been released; this version is compatible with Player 1.5 and librtk 2.3.0. Download.
2 Jun 2004: Player 1.5 has been released; this version is compatible with librkt 2.3.0, Gazebo 0.4.0, and (mostly) Stage 1.3.3. Player 1.5 contains a number of bugfixes and many new drivers.
NOTE:The units have been normalized in the C++ client library to MKS: positions, angles, and their time derivatives are now specified in meters and radians. You will have to change your code.
Thanks to those who contributed. Please read the release notes before you download.
1 Jun 2004: Gazebo 0.4.0 has been released; this version is compatible with the soon-to-be-released Player 1.5, and contains a number of significant enhancements. Thanks to everyone who submitted new models and patches. Release notes are here; files can be downloaded here.
17 May 2004: Cameron Morland has written a Player client library in GNU Octave, and has kindly made it available for download. Thanks, Cameron!
9 Mar 2004: Player-mod 0.1 has been released. This is a simple example/template of how to build a Player driver as a shared object that can be loaded at runtime, rather than linked directly into the server. Please read the release notes before you download.
9 Jan 2004: Gazebo 0.3.0 has been released. This release contains a number of new models and features, and is compatible with Player 1.4rc2. Please read the release notes before you download.
7 Dec 2003: Player 1.4rc2 and Stage 1.3.3 have been released. Despite the different version numbers, they are mutually compatible, and both are compatible with the latest release of librtk (2.2.0). Please read the Player release notes and the Stage release notes before you download.
29 Sep 2003: RubyPlayer, a new Player client library written in Ruby, has been released. Many thanks to the author, Torby Dahl, for this contribution to the community.
17 Sep 2003: Gazebo 0.2.0 has been released. This release contains a number of new models, performance enhancements and bug-fixes. Please read the release notes before you download.
16 Aug 2003: Added a FAQ section on Player's hardware and software support.
4 Aug 2003: Gazebo 0.1.1 has been released (hooray). This is a performance enhancement release, and should be used in preference to the 0.1.0 release. Please read the release notes before you download.
31 July 2003: Gazebo 0.1.0 has been released (hooray). Please read the release notes before you download.
16 July 2003: Player 1.4rc1 has been released. Please read the release notes before you download. All bugs go to the tracker.
13 July 2003: We were Slashdotted! Unfortunately, they got the story wrong, suggesting that we were providing instructions for converting a Segway HT to an RMP. Fortunately, they quickly posted Andrew's correction. Unfortunately, as with most Slashdot stories, the discussion quickly devolved into a meaningless religious war among idiots about which operating system is best for what.

As a result of this publicity, I've moved and password-protected the RMP information and videos. I'll post the relevant info via the VPO.
21 June 2003: Player now (experimentally) supports the Segway RMP. PLEASE read the HowTo before downloading a CVS snapshot.
2 June 2003: A build script bug may prevent Player-1.3.2 from building cleanly on your system. The new 'Acoustics' driver requires the GNU Scientific Library. You must install GSL or disable the driver with './configure --disable-acoustics'
24 May 2003: Player and Stage 1.3.2 have been released. Please read the release notes before you download. All bugs go to the tracker.
24 May 2003: All manuals are now available in HTML on the documentation page.
12 May 2003: The Robotics Data Set Repository (Radish) is now online. This is a great place to find Stage world bitmaps.
19 Apr 2003: Player 1.3.2rc1 released. It's the first release candidate for 1.3.2. Get it from the download page. Make sure to read the release notes.
24 Mar 2003: Papers on P/S have been accepted for ICAR'03, and submitted to IROS'03. Find them on the publications page.
24 Feb 2003: Reed Hedges has posted some patches for Player 1.3.1, Stage 1.3.1, and librtk 2.1.1 that fix a couple of things and add some functionality, including a new communication mechanism. Read about the patches, which will likely be included in the next release.
10 Feb 2003 (news we didn't notice on 12 Aug 2002): A user recently told us Player/Stage was NASA Cool Robot of the Week for 12 August last year.
27 Jan 2003: Maxim Batalin's Java client has been updated for Player 1.3.x. There's a link on the clients page.
12 Jan 2003: A nasty byteswapping bug has been found in the omniposition device in Stage 1.3.1, making it unresponsive to speed commands. Look here for a patch.
26 Dec 2002: Boyoon Jung's Python client, PyPlayer, has been updated for Player 1.3.x. Read about it here. There's a link on the clients page.
19 Dec 2002: The Player/Stage project has been at SourceForge for 1 year today, having accrued 2000 downloads. Read a brief retrospectus.
8 Dec 2002: Brendan Burns has written a Common LISP client library for Player 1.3.x. There's a link on the clients page.
5 Dec 2002: Stage 1.3.1 released. As per the new compatibilty policy, this release works with any Player-1.3 revision, including Player-1.3.1. Release notes here. source tarball here.
4 Dec 2002: Player 1.3.1 released. Stage 1.3.1 is coming soon, but Player 1.3.1 is compatible with Stage 1.3. Please read the release notes before you download.
26 Nov 2002: There's a bug in the position device in Stage 1.3. It causes incorrect heading and speed values to be returned. For a patch, look here.
14 Nov 2002: Bug found in Player 1.3 headers. It affects building C/C++ client libraries. For more information and a workaround, look here.
11 Nov 2002: Stage 1.3 released. Please read the release notes before you download.
9 Nov 2002: Added a FAQ.
2 Nov 2002: Player 1.3 released. Stage is coming soon. Please read the release notes before you download.
31 Oct 2002: Player and Stage 1.2.4 released. It's a rather minor release, mainly to provide ACTS 2.0 support in Player. Please read the release notes before you download. Happy Halloween.
13 Sep 2002: Player and Stage now run on Sparc/Solaris. There is not yet a stable release for this platform, but you can get a CVS snapshot.
11 Sep 2002: Some sample movies taken from playerv showing two of the new drivers available in the upcoming release: the laser/visual fiducial detector, and the laser configuration space device.
13 Sep 2002: Player and Stage now run on Sparc/Solaris. There is not yet a stable release for this platform, but you can get a CVS snapshot.
11 Sep 2002: Some sample movies taken from playerv showing two of the new drivers available in the upcoming release: the laser/visual fiducial detector, and the laser configuration space device.
8 July 2002: Maxim's Java client updated for Player 1.2 (will also work with 1.2.3)
Java client page
7 July 2002: Player and Stage 1.2.3 released
Fixes several bugs and adds some speedups.
Download page
26 June 2002: Player-1.2.2.diff released
replaces Player-1.2.1-diff (fixes heading bug reported by Alex Makarenko)
permits compilation under GCC-3.1.
Download page
24 June 2002: Player-1.2.1.diff released. This small patch adds support for Stage's ground-truth device [world-file tag: truth()] to Player's C++ client with the TruthProxy. Download page
20 June 2002: PyPlayer v.1.2 released. Boyoon Jung's python client library for Player-1.2.
20 June 2002: Which client library do you use?
10 June 2002: Player/Stage version 1.2 has been released! Get it from the download page.

Very old news

10:30 January 7 2002 - Happy new year! Version 1.1 (bug-fix release) is now available. Get it from the download page.
19:00 October 12 2001 - Version 1.0 released! Get it from the download page.
13:46 October 8 2001 - A Common LISP client library is now included with the distribution. Not all devices are supported, and there is no documentation, but it works (at least with GNU CLISP).
13:02 September 13 2001 - New Java client libraries added to the clients page.
17:06 August 21 2001 - Version 1.0-beta released (bug-fix version). Get it from the download page.
20:38 August 16 2001 - Version 1.0-alpha released. Get it from the download page.
17:45 29 June 2001 - The most recent version of the code (Bleeding edge) is now available for download. Also, recent versions of the Player user manual are now available.
14:50 27 May 2001 - Player, Stage, and PlayerTools v0.9.1 released (fixed small bug in distro script).
Get them from the download page.
16:57 25 May 2001 - Player, Stage, and PlayerTools v0.9 released

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Last updated 13 December 2007 23:09:56