Software Update

Software Update

Summary

Use software update to update SDK software when patches or updates are available.

Overview

When software updates are available, Rethink Robotics software support will notify you, and you may update at your convenience. Update files must be put on a fat32 usb stick and inserted into your robot before running the following steps. Please contact support to get the software update files.

Usage

Start software update from an RSDK terminal session using:

$ rosrun tools update_robot.py -h

update_robot.py [ARGUMENTS]

-h, --help          This screen
-l, --list          List available updates
-u, --update [UUID] Launch the given update

Documentation

• Basic Use Case

Troubleshooting

For common issues specific to using software update with Baxter, check out the Troubleshooting page.