2023.003.0
2023-06-01
We've made the following key improvements to our performance:
-Smoother Robot Movement: Our robots now perform animations more seamlessly, reducing any noticeable stutter, thanks to an upgrade in our movement system.
-Speedy Lessons for Slow Networks: We've updated our lesson system to preload more content, ensuring seamless lessons even when your network is slow or weak.
-Fewer Lesson Pauses: We've also reduced long pauses during lessons, to provide you with a smoother and uninterrupted teaching experience.
Enhanced Notification Systems
-We've also incorporated an additional notification system that will alert you if the robot's Wi-Fi mode needs adjustment. This feature will help you stay connected and avoid unnecessary disruptions.
Reliability and Bug Fixes
-Corrected false disconnection warnings during lessons.
-Resolved cloud server bugs that could cause lesson interruptions.
-Squashed various iOS and Web app bugs and timeout issues, ensuring more reliable usage across platforms.
2023.001.5
2023-03-17
New in release 4.2.1:
- New Avatar Options! Select between 1 of 4 new Avatars models: Milo, Jemi, Carver and Veda.
- Bug fixes
New in release 4.2:
- RK Controller has been released. Select the RK controller button after starting a session to try it out
- New extension activities have been added
- Bug fixes and troubleshooting help has been added throughout the app
New in release 4.1.4:
- Menu now contains change student(s) option
- Support for new RoboKind lesson content in Robot & Avatar mode
Support Information
- To report lesson specific issues, please use the “Lesson issue” cueing button on the left sidebar during a lesson.
- Our web companion at http://companion.robokind.com allows facilitators to replace an iPad with a web browser.
- For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com
2023.001
2023-01-07
New in release 4.2:
- RK Controller has been released. Select the RK controller button after starting a session to try it out
- New extension activities have been added
- Bug fixes and troubleshooting help has been added throughout the app
New in release 4.1.4:
- Menu now contains change student(s) option
- Support for new RoboKind lesson content in Robot & Avatar mode
New in release 4.1:
- Updated pre and post-lesson UI
- New progress bar at the bottom of the screen
- New pause/play toggle button in the lower center of the screen
- Lesson speed controls in the right side bar menu + speed settings saved for each student
- RoboQuiz pre-assessment lessons placed in a new module grouping
Support Information
- To report lesson specific issues, please use the “Lesson issue” cueing button on the left sidebar during a lesson.
- Our web companion at http://companion.robokind.com allows facilitators to replace an iPad with a web browser.
- For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com
2022.014
2022-07-19
New in release 4.1.4:
- Menu now contains change student(s) option
- Support for new RoboKind lesson content in Robot & Avatar mode
New in release 4.1:
- Updated pre and post-lesson UI
- New progress bar at the bottom of the screen
- New pause/play toggle button in the lower center of the screen
- Lesson speed controls in the right side bar menu + speed settings saved for each student
- RoboQuiz pre-assessment lessons placed in a new module grouping
New in release 4.0:
- The ability to assign IEP goals to students in RoboKind Central
- The ability to select an IEP goal and choose related lessons for a student
- New cueing buttons in the left side bar for capturing student events
Support Information
- To report lesson specific issues, please use the “Lesson issue” cueing button on the left sidebar during a lesson.
- Our web companion at http://companion.robokind.com allows facilitators to replace an iPad with a web browser.
- For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com
2022.012.1
2022-07-10
New in release 4.1.3:
- Active Session menu now contains change student(s) option
- Support for new RoboKind lesson content
New in release 4.1:
- Updated pre and post-lesson UI
- New progress bar at the bottom of the screen
- New pause/play toggle button in the lower center of the screen
- Lesson speed controls in the right side bar menu + speed settings saved for each student
- RoboQuiz pre-assessment lessons placed in a new module grouping
New in release 4.0:
- The ability to assign IEP goals to students in RoboKind Central
- The ability to select an IEP goal and choose related lessons for a student
- New cueing buttons in the left side bar for capturing student events
Support Information
- To report lesson specific issues, please use the “Lesson issue” cueing button on the left sidebar during a lesson.
- Our web companion at http://companion.robokind.com allows facilitators to replace an iPad with a web browser.
- For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com
2022.010
2022-06-07
New in release 4.1.2:
- Fix minor display issue on lesson start screen
- Behind the scenes updates to prepare for new lesson content
New in release 4.1:
- Updated pre & post lesson input process with an N/A option if a certain question is not applicable to a lesson.
- New progress bar at the bottom of the screen
- New pause/play toggle button in the lower center of the screen
- Lesson speed controls in the right side bar menu - speed settings saved for each student.
- RoboQuiz pre-assessment lessons have been placed in a separate module grouping
New in release 4.0:
- The ability to assign IEP goals to students in RoboKind Central
- The ability to select an IEP goal and choose related lessons for a student
- New cueing buttons in the left side bar for capturing student events.
2022.004.1
2022-06-01
- Updated pre & post lesson input process with an N/A option if a certain question is not applicable to a lesson.
- New progress bar at the bottom of the screen
- New pause/play toggle button in the lower center of the screen
- Lesson speed controls in the right side bar menu - speed settings saved for each student.
- RoboQuiz pre-assessment lessons have been placed in a separate module
New from release 4.0:
- The ability to assign IEP goals to students in RoboKind Central
- The ability to select an IEP goal and choose related lessons for a student
- New cueing buttons in the left side bar for capturing student events.
Support Information
- To report lesson specific issues, please use the “Lesson issue” cueing button on the left sidebar during a lesson.
- Our web companion at http://companion.robokind.com allows facilitators to replace an iPad with a web browser.
- For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com, and search for release 2022.004.
2021.047
2021-12-30
New in Release 2021.047:
- A new “Up Next” section on the Lesson Selection screen, allowing facilitators to select from recent lessons & extension activities, recommended lessons, and student favorite lessons.
- A new “IEP” section on the Lesson Selection screen, allowing facilitators to see lessons that have been recommended for that student based on IEP goals on file for that student.
- Facilitators can optionally record notes and student mood/disposition before or after a lesson.
- Pre-lesson page enhanced to show lesson statistics, student IEP Goals associated with the lesson, and the students history and progress for that lesson.
- Cueing events are now captured during the lesson via a new sidebar menu.
- The post lesson screen has a new design for capturing the students progress during the lesson and the students engagement level.
- Extension activities for a lesson can now be accessed before or after a selected lesson rather than only after a lesson.
- The post lesson screen has a new information, including stats for cueing events, and the lesson history.
Other Recent Improvements:
- Upgraded student selection screen allows teachers to more easily see and select students for individual or group lessons.
- Users will be notified if the companion app or robot software is out of date before starting a lesson.
- New audio controls to allow volume to be muted on the facilitator tablet using lowest button in the sidebar menu on the right.
- Facilitators can now see both the module and lesson name at the bottom of the screen while a lesson is running.
- App will now allow student and facilitator tablets to auto suspend after 10 minutes if a lesson is not in progress, thus preserving tablet battery life.
- New information in the lower right hand corner of the screen above PROD, such as lesson step number or device alias depending on the context.
- Our web companion at companion.robokind.com now allows facilitators to replace one of the iPad’s with a web browser.
For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com, and search for release 2021.047.
2021.042
2021-09-07
New in Release 2021.042:
New student selection screen which allows teachers to more easily see and select students.
Multiple students from the same classroom can be selected to participate in any RoboKind Robots4Autism lesson in full, teach, or practice mode.
Users will be notified if the companion app or robot software is out of date before starting a lesson.
Update messages will now have a link to “release notes” where additional details are available.
Other Recent Improvements:
New audio controls to allow volume to be muted on the facilitator tablet using lowest button in the sidebar menu on the right.
Facilitators can now see both the module and lesson name at the bottom of the screen while a lesson is running.
App will now allow student and facilitator tablets to auto suspend after 10 minutes if a lesson is not in progress, thus preserving battery life.
New information in the lower right hand corner of the screen above PROD, such as lesson step number or device alias depending on the context.
Our web companion at companion.robokind.com now allows facilitators to replace one of the iPad’s with a web browser.
For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com, and search for release 2021.042.
2021.040
2021-08-20
New in Release 2021.040:
Fixed issue in avatar mode which could occasionally cause the avatar to appear over the top of other screens.
Fixed issue lesson scores and mastery stars may not have correctly appeared at the end of the lesson.
New in Release 2021.034:
Improved application recovery after application close or suspend
New audio controls to allow volume to be muted on the facilitator tablet using lowest button in the sidebar menu on the right.
Users will be notified if the companion app or robot software is out of date before starting a lesson. Users may continue to run lessons without updating, however we do encourage updating as soon as robots or tablets are finished with teaching activities.
Facilitators can now see both the module and lesson name at the bottom of the screen while a lesson is running.
Fixed pause / resume / go back functionality in cases where a lesson was on a question screen.
If a facilitator signs into multiple devices with the same account, warnings are now displayed and the accounts are logged out to avoid lesson problems.
New in Release 2021.033:
App will now allow student and facilitator tablets to auto suspend after 10 minutes if a lesson is not in progress, thus preserving battery life.
New information in the lower right hand corner of the screen above PROD xxx:
Student wait screen will display the alias of the tablet for use in confirming that you are connecting to the correct device..
Facilitator tablet will now show a step number (i.e. B01, B02, etc.) to reflect progress during lessons.
New in Release 2021.032:
New “Milo is teaching…” screen on student tablet while lesson in progress in robot mode.
Support for announcing correct robot names when using a Carver, Veda, or Jemi robot.
As our web companion at companion.robokind.com now allows facilitators to replace one of the iPad’s with a web browser, we have renamed certain fields to reflect that a device, not just a tablet can be selected.
For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com, and search for release 2021.034.
2021.034
2021-08-11
New in Release 2021.034:
Improved application recovery after application close or suspend.
New audio controls to allow volume to be muted on the facilitator tablet using lowest button in the sidebar menu on the right.
Users will be notified if the companion app or robot software is out of date before starting a lesson. Users may continue to run lessons without updating, however we do encourage updating as soon as robots or tablets are finished with teaching activities.
Facilitators can now see both the module and lesson name at the bottom of the screen while a lesson is running.
Fixed pause / resume / go back functionality in cases where a lesson was on a question screen.
If a facilitator signs into multiple devices with the same account, warnings are now displayed and the accounts are logged out to avoid lesson problems.
New in Release 2021.033:
App will now allow student and facilitator tablets to auto suspend after 10 minutes if a lesson is not in progress, thus preserving battery life.
New information in the lower right hand corner of the screen above PROD xxx:
Student wait screen will display the alias of the tablet for use in confirming that you are connecting to the correct device..
Facilitator tablet will now show a step number (i.e. B01, B02, etc.) to reflect progress during lessons.
New in Release 2021.032:
New “Milo is teaching…” screen on student tablet while lesson in progress in robot mode.
Support for announcing correct robot names when using a Carver, Veda, or Jemi robot.
As our web companion at companion.robokind.com now allows facilitators to replace one of the iPad’s with a web browser, we have renamed certain fields to reflect that a device, not just a tablet can be selected.
For details and assistance, please visit http://support.robokind.com , and search for release 2021.034.
2021.033
2021-07-12
New in Release 2021.033:
Fix for video play back where a grey bar may have appeared across some videos.
Improved application recovery after shutdown.
App will now allow student and facilitator tablets to auto suspend after 10 minutes if a lesson is not in progress, thus preserving battery life.
New information in the lower right hand corner of the screen above PROD xxx:
Student wait screen will display the alias of the tablet for use in confirming connection to the desired device.
Facilitator tablet will now show a step number (i.e. B01, B02, etc.) to reflect progress during lessons.
New in Release 2021.032:
New “Milo is teaching…” screen on student tablet while lesson in progress in robot mode.
Support for announcing correct robot names when using a Carver, Veda, or Jemi robot.
As our web companion at companion.robokind.com now allows facilitators to replace one of the iPad’s with a web browser,
we have renamed certain fields to reflect that a device, not just a tablet can be selected.
For future releases, application will notify if out of date companion app version is detected.
For more assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit support.robokind.com.
2021.032
2021-07-01
New in Release 2021.032:
New “Milo is teaching…” screen on student tablet while lesson in progress in robot mode.
Support for announcing correct robot names when using a Carver, Veda, or Jemi robot.
“Select a student tablet” is now “Select a student device”, reflecting the ability to connect to both iPad’s and Web Companion instances.
For future releases, application will notify if out of date companion app version is detected
Companion app will now allow student and facilitator tablets to go into power saving mode to conserve battery when lessons are not in progress.
- Adjust iPad settings under Settings application, Display & Brightness, then Auto-Lock. We recommend a value of 10 or 15 minutes.
Various lesson improvements
Various stability improvements
For more assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit support.robokind.com.
2021.029
2021-06-30
New in Release 2021.029:
New “Milo is teaching…” screen on student tablet while lesson in progress in robot mode.
Support for announcing correct robot names when using a Carver, Veda, or Jemi robot.
“Select a student tablet” is now “Select a student device”, reflecting the ability to connect to both iPad’s and Web Companion instances.
For future releases, application will notify if out of date companion app version is detected
Companion app will now allow student and facilitator tablets to go into power saving mode to conserve battery when lessons are not in progress.
- Adjust iPad settings under Settings application, Display & Brightness, then Auto-Lock. We recommend a value of 10 or 15 minutes.
Various lesson improvements
Various stability improvements
For more assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit support.robokind.com.
2021.020
2021-03-23
New in Release 2020.020:
Support for pause & restart current or last section
Various stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.0:
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com.
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and updated).
Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
For assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit www.robokind.com/support.
3.2.13
2021-02-25
New in Version 3.2.13:
Additional stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.11:
A logged out teacher will no longer prevent the next teacher from connecting within 15 minutes
Fixed issue where avatar might say “No mouth data”
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.5:
Improved application reliability after application has been idle for more than 15 minutes.
Improved detection of Internet connection status
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.0:
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com.
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and updated).
Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
For more assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit www.robokind.com/support.
3.2.11
2021-02-10
New in Version 3.2.11:
A logged out teacher will no longer prevent the next teacher from connecting within 15 minutes
Fixed issue where avatar might say “No mouth data”
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.5:
Improved application reliability after application has been idle for more than 15 minutes.
Improved detection of Internet connection status
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.0:
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com.
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and updated).
Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
For more assistance, please follow the App Support link or visit www.robokind.com/support.
3.2.8
2021-02-09
New in Version 3.2.8:
A logged out teacher will no longer prevent the next teacher from connecting within 15 minutes
Fixed issue where avatar might say “No mouth data”
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.5:
Improved application reliability after application has been idle for more than 15 minutes.
Improved detection of Internet connection status
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.0:
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com.
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and updated).
Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
For assistance, please follow the support link.
3.2.5
2021-02-02
New in Version 3.2.5:
Improved application reliability after application has been idle for more than 15 minutes.
Improved detection of Internet connection status
Other stability improvements
New in Version 3.2.0:
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com. More info at https://robokind.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/article/1497694445.
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and updated).
Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
Note: If you have difficulty with any of your robots not appearing, please provide us the serial number using this link: https://robokind.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/group/23/create/80
Note: If you are having difficulty with the companion app after updating, please enter a ticket using this link: https://robokind.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/group/23/create/82
Full details: https://robokind.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/article/1313931539
3.2
2021-01-13
New support for selecting Physical robot or Avatar for lessons
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same physical space as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
See our new Student Quick reports on our portal at https://central.robokind.com. Release notes for reporting enhancements
Robots are now pre-registered to your account and registered robots will automatically display for lessons (must be powered on and connected to robot).
Note: If you have difficulty with any of your robots not appearing, please provide us the serial number using this link: https://robokind.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/group/23/create/60 Using this application requires two iPad's both updated to this version of the software, one to be used as the facilitator tablet, and one as the student tablet.
1.1.1
2020-10-19
-Fixed crash related to iOS 14
1.0.8
2020-03-02
-Improved Error Handling and feedback when connecting to the robot
-Removed Networking Bugs
-Optimized Modules Download
1.0.6
2020-02-12
Minor Visual Fixes
Improved Error Handling