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RDK X Series Release History

RDK X5​

Notes:

  • After updating the system, please use the rdk-miniboot-update command to update the NAND firmware to the latest version.
  • Official new images are released regularly, containing the latest feature optimizations and bug fixes. Users can either download and install the latest image or update the system online.

Version: 3.3.3​

Version Information​

  • System Version: RDKOS V3.3.3
  • Release Date: October 2025
  • Platform: RDK X5

Version Update Overview​

(1) System and Driver Updates

  • Added YuGuang-SC132GS stereo camera module driver
  • srpi-config functionality enhancement: Supports automatic interface pin multiplexing, added MIPI screen selection
  • GPU desktop stability improvements
  • Wi-Fi driver upgraded to 2025_0410, improving wireless connection stability
  • Flash connection interface enhancements:
    • Supports usage on macOS systems
    • Added RDK Studio USB connection functionality
  • Multiple bug fixes and performance optimizations

(2) Documentation Optimizations

  • V4L2 usage documentation optimized, added examples and descriptions
  • Display screen usage documentation optimized, improved typical screen configuration descriptions
  • Other documentation detail optimizations and structural adjustments

(3) Ecosystem Support

The following ecosystem libraries have been released to PyPI:

Library NameVersionUpdate Content
hobot-dnn-rdkx53.0.6Added dependency numpy >= 1.26.4
hobot-vio-rdkx53.0.6Fixed cropping not taking effect; sp_open_camera interface default output size is 1920×1080

TROS Update Notes (V2.4.3)​

  • Monocular MIPI image acquisition: Supports starting multiple image acquisition channels
  • Stereo MIPI image acquisition: Added support for SC132GS stereo camera

How to Obtain​

RDK X5 V3.3.3 version has been synchronized to:

  • D-Robotics Developer Community Download Center, download and upgrade
  • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade; direct local upgrade

TROS Algorithm Upgrade & Version: 3.2.3​

Image Updates​

  • 20250610
    • Updated ROS repository GPG signing key
    • Supports real-time kernel switching
    • Integrated the latest miniboot firmware; after burning NAND with rdk-miniboot-update, more memory is released to the system
  • 20250604
    • Fixed system boot failure issue on Huaner carrier board

System Layer Updates​

  • Desktop Display Optimization: Ubuntu desktop now supports 3D GPU accelerated rendering for a smoother visual experience
  • Audio Sub-board Adaptation Added: Supports Waveshare WM8960 Audio HAT and Huaner carrier board, accelerating voice solution integration
  • WIFI Driver Upgrade: Enhanced connection stability in weak signal environments, optimized auto-reconnection during sleep/wake
  • Sensor Acquisition Framework Expansion: Integrated V4L2 framework, adapted for imx477, ov5647, imx219; more sensor support coming soon
  • Network & Remote Optimization: Default switched to iptables legacy mode, improved VNC display smoothness, remote desktop is lag-free
  • Interface Enhancement: CAN interface stability optimized, solved high-speed data packet loss; srpi-config tool adds Uart7 support for better serial expansion
  • Storage Compatibility Optimization: Improved SD card compatibility, supports more storage card models

Application Layer Updates​

  • Voice Capability Enhancement: Added ASR voice recognition solution for more efficient voice algorithm development
  • Stereo Depth Algorithm Upgrade: Optimized depth estimation algorithm, significantly improved detection speed and accuracy
  • Multimodal Demo Integration: Built-in edge large model multimodal demos, enabling custom application solutions in 3 minutes

Stereo Algorithm Upgrade & Version: 3.1.1​

Core Features​

  • System Backup: Brand new rdk-backup tool for one-click system backup and easy image generation. See rdk-backup introduction
  • Configuration Management: Supports using config.txt to configure 40pin pin initialization state during U-Boot, improving system boot stability
  • Touchscreen Enhancement: Added double-tap and long-press actions; long-press simulates right-click for more flexible screen control
  • Device Tree Overlay Support: Added 1_wire device tree overlay (dtoverlay) example for more hardware customization options
  • Stereo Algorithm Upgrade: StereoNet depth algorithm upgraded for significantly improved depth results; added ZED camera support for stereo image acquisition, easily build intelligent vision systems with StereoNet
  • New Application: Smart Video Box: hobot_rtsp_client supports RTSP streaming, decoding, intelligent inference, and web-based result display for quick edge AI integration
  • Open Vocabulary Detection: DOSOD: hobot_dosod provides an open-vocabulary detection algorithm developed by D-Robotics, enabling flexible voice interaction on edge devices

Bug Fixes & Optimizations​

  • Fixed efficientnasnet_m_300x300_nv12.bin model import issue
  • Optimized SD card protocol support for better compatibility
  • Fixed black screen issue caused by portrait display
  • dnn_node fixed YOLOv8-seg post-processing box out-of-bounds crash
  • hobot_codec fixed frame rate calculation error
  • hobot_stereonet_utils removed non-startable launch files
  • Resolved multi-channel I2C detection issues, added LPWM switch configuration

Version: 3.1.0​

New Features​

  • Added key sleep and wake-up function
  • Enabled 40Pin secondary functions

Optimizations​

  • Bug fixes
  • Corrected CAN frequency anomaly
  • Supports more sensors and resolutions

Notes:
When upgrading from an older version to this version using apt update && apt upgrade, you must first uninstall tros-humble-stereonet-model and then install the tros-humble-hobot-stereonet package.

sudo apt-get remove tros-humble-stereonet-model
sudo dpkg --remove --force-all tros-humble-stereonet-model
sudo apt install -y tros-humble-hobot-stereonet

Version: 3.0.1​

New Features​

  • Provided Server version firmware
  • Supported 7 Waveshare MIPI DSI LCD screens for desktop display and touch
  • Supported running sample programs as non-root users

Optimizations​

  • Bug fixes
  • Supports more sensors and resolutions
  • Improved high-resolution display stability

Version: 3.0.0​

First release of RDK X5 firmware, based on Ubuntu 22.04, providing rich multimedia and algorithm samples, supporting robot application development for various scenarios.

RDK X3​

Version: 3.0.0​

New Features​

  • Supports Ubuntu 22.04

Version: 2.1.0​

New Features​

  • Improved srpi-config system configuration tool: supports Wi-Fi connection, SSH/VNC toggle, enabling/disabling peripheral buses on 40pin, localization, CPU overclocking, ION memory size, etc.
  • Supports /boot/config.txt system config file: dtoverlay, CPU overclock, IO boot state, etc.
  • Added yolov5s v6/v7 model samples

Optimizations​

  • HDMI display now outputs boot logs and user shell for easier use
  • Supports more HDMI resolutions for better compatibility
  • Optimized pre-installed software for Desktop/Server, removed redundancy, added essentials like VLC
  • Simplified Desktop menu bar
  • Bluetooth enabled by default
  • Added C++ interface for post-processing to improve efficiency
  • Used udisk2 for auto-mounting USB drives, fixed NTFS access issues
  • Users can retain VNC password file
  • VNC service is off by default to save resources; can be enabled via srpi-config
  • RDK X3 v2.1 and RDK Module boards run up to 1.5GHz (normal), 1.8GHz (overclocked)

Bug Fixes​

  • Removed redundant Wi-Fi driver kernel logs
  • Changed apt source domain to archive.d-robotics.cc

Other Updates​

  • Supports Chromium browser (sudo apt install chromium)

Version: 2.0.0​

This release brings many anticipated features and improvements for a better development experience and broader application support.

Open Source​

  • Fully open source OS, including core and functional modules. Developers can freely view and modify for customization and optimization
  • Detailed code documentation and comments to help developers understand and use
  • Community contributions and discussions welcome; source code maintained at D-Robotics

RDK X3 Module Support​

  • Introduced new core board developer kit: RDK X3 Module
  • Smaller size, compatible with Raspberry Pi CM4 interface
  • Developers can choose third-party carrier boards as needed to expand functions and applications

Other Updates​

  • Optimized existing features, fixed known issues and vulnerabilities, improved OS stability and performance
  • Revised documentation for more comprehensive and accurate technical materials and guides
  • Provided lower-level APIs for secondary development and integration

Version: 1.0.0​

  1. cat /etc/version shows 1.x.x
  2. rdkos_info command not available
  3. Old system, no open source code, uses old manual, minor bugs fixed in new images
  4. D-Robotics source domain and key changed

TogetheROS.Bot​

tros-humble​

Version: 2.4.0 (2025-05-12)​

New Features:

  • Supports RDK S100 platform.

Version: 2.3.3 (2025-04-30)​

New Features:

Version: 2.3.2 (2025-01-15)​

Feature Changes:

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

Version: 2.3.1 (2024-11-20)​

Feature Changes:

  • Upgraded opencv dependency from 3.4.5 to 4.5.4 (latest Ubuntu 22.04 release).

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

Version: 2.3.0 (2024-09-19)​

New Features:

Version: 2.2.0 (2024-04-11)​

Feature Changes:

  • Based on TROS Foxy 2.1.3, adapted for Ubuntu 22.04 and ROS2 Humble.
  • TROS install path changed to /opt/tros/humble.
  • No longer provides tros-ros-base package, directly depends on standard ROS2 release.
  • Uses ROS2 fastdds zero-copy communication, QoS Reliability set to BEST_EFFORT.
  • hobot_dnn, hobot_audio refactored based on libdnn.
  • hobot_trigger adapted for ROS2 Humble rosbag2.

New Features:

  • robot_dev_config adds bloom build script.
  • hobot_mipi_cam node adds frame_ts_type config.
  • Added hobot_shm node for ROS2 zero-copy environment config.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed compiler upgrade compatibility issues.
  • Fixed board-side build ROS2 pkg path dependencies.

tros-foxy​

Version: 2.1.3 (2024-03-11)​

Feature Changes:

  • JPEG compressed image type changed from sensor_msgs::msg::Image to sensor_msgs::msg::CompressedImage, supports foxglove/ros2 rqt tools.
  • Unified jpeg/mjpeg config, removed jpeg-compressed/mjpeg-compressed configs.
  • Added TROS_DISTRO env variable, config path changed to /opt/tros/${TROS_DISTRO}/lib.

Version: 2.1.2 (2024-01-19)​

New Features:

  • Refactored hobot_usb_cam, supports more format configs and transcoding.
  • hobot_audio updated voice SDK, supports 2mic/4mic boards, adds micphone_name config.

Bug Fixes:

  • hobot_rgbd_cam node fixed step field error.
  • hobot_tts fixed audio playback failure.
  • hobot_llm removed config device tree file, updated README, supports ION memory config via command tool.

Version: 2.1.1 (2023-11-03)​

New Features:

  • Added hobot_chatbot node for on-board voice chat.

Bug Fixes:

  • hobot_tts node fixed exit issue caused by special characters.

Version: 2.1.0 (2023-09-14)​

Feature Changes:

  • tros-ros-base upgraded to latest ROS2 foxy source.
  • Using ROS2 foxy only requires source /opt/tros/setup.bash.

New Features:

  • hobot_tts node adds audio device parameter.
  • Added hobot_llm node for edge LLM.
  • hobot_codec node adds jpeg-compressed config.

Bug Fixes:

  • hobot_mipi_cam node fixed RGB format step field error.

Version: 2.0.2 (2023-08-28)​

Feature Changes:

  • ROS2 source switched to Tsinghua mirror.

New Features:

  • tros.b script adds permission check, auto switches to root.
  • hobot_audio node adds audio device number parameter.
  • hobot_trigger node adds std_msg topic trigger.

Bug Fixes:

  • hobot_cv node fixed crop&resize simultaneous processing failure.
  • hobot_mipi_cam node startup error log issue.
  • hobot_visualization node launch config invalid issue.

Version: 2.0-Release (2.0.1) (2023-06-10)​

Feature Changes:

  • Upgraded voice algorithm, improved ASR.
  • Algorithm sample model_name config auto parsing.
  • tros.b package no longer includes nav2, use apt to install latest nav2.

New Features:

  • Supports RDK Ultra platform.
  • Added Trigger event, rosbag visualization node.
  • USB image acquisition node supports device number auto-adaptation.
  • Added VIO algorithm node.
  • Added hobot_tts node.
  • Added hobot_centerpoint, hobot_bev, hobot_stereonet node.

Bug Fixes:

  • Upgraded RDK X3 easydnn/dnn, fixed operator crash.
  • Fixed RGBD image acquisition node depth data error.

Other Updates:

  • Optimized human detection/tracking node for resolution adaptation.
  • Fixed orb_slam3 build script path error.

Version: 2.0-Beta (2.0.0) (2023-05-29)​

2.0-Beta (2.0.0) is the first 2.x version, 1.x users are recommended to upgrade.

Feature Changes:

  • Code hosting migrated to GitHub.
  • Integrated efficient package management.

New Features:

  • Supports RDK X3 Module.
  • hobot_audio adds ASR result output.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed dnn_node MobileNet_SSD multi-thread crash.
  • Fixed X86 dnn_node, hobot_codec, hobot_image_publisher build failures.

Other Updates:

  • Updated sample launch scripts.
  • Websocket display updated D-Robotics logo.

TogetheROS-V1.x​

V1.1.6​

  • Added X86 platform support, including Hobot_DNN, Hobot_codec, etc.
  • Fixed audio codec driver auto-load I2C conflict.
  • Fixed USB camera video device node change issue.

V1.1.5​

  • Added hobot_audio support for linear/ring mic config.
  • Optimized hobot_sensors MIPI Camera timestamp accuracy.
  • Added hobot_image_publisher h265 encoded test video.
  • Fixed TROS package path dependency.
  • Fixed user file overwrite after system update.

V1.1.4​

  • Optimized hobot_sensors for more modules.
  • Added VIO raw/yuv image interface.
  • Added hobot_image_publisher MP4/H264/H265 video publishing.
  • Fixed hobot_dnn post-processing no return value.
  • Added hobot_cv benchmark tool.
  • Optimized toolchain module, added bug fix guidance.
  • Fixed USB3.0 and HDMI capture card compatibility.

V1.1.3​

  • Optimized toolchain, one-click model quantization.
  • Added C RTSP streaming decode sample.
  • Added hobot_cv image padding and nv12 processing.
  • Optimized hobot_codec log output.
  • Optimized hobot_sensor, added more camera support.

V1.1.2​

  • Added on-board docker support.
  • Added 2D garbage detection sample.
  • Added C/C++ multimedia and algorithm dev interfaces.
  • Added dnn_node_sample package usage sample.
  • Added adaptive multi-core model inference.
  • Added perception result confidence info.

V1.1.1​

  • Optimized vision/image module error prompts.
  • Optimized smart voice algorithm samples.
  • Added DOA sound source localization sample.
  • Integrated Navigation2 source.
  • User manual adds AI toolchain guide.

V1.1.0​

  • Opened kernel driver build environment.
  • Optimized TF card compatibility.
  • Added car line-following, auto-parking samples.
  • Added more camera adaptations.
  • Added Sunyu RGBD module adaptation.
  • hobot_codec fixed image crash.
  • Supports output frame rate control.
  • Added EDID detection, adaptive resolution.
  • Added joystick remote control support.
  • Added xfs/ntfs filesystem support.

V1.0.5​

  • Added parking scenario algorithm sample.
  • Added local image publishing tool.
  • Added hobot_cv neon accelerated filtering.
  • hobot_dnn fixed inference output frame rate error.
  • Supports camera type selection for human detection, etc.
  • hobot_codec fixed image step parameter error.
  • System software adds restart_network command.

V1.0.4​

  • Added ORB-SLAM3 and optimization.
  • hobot_dnn fixed inference errors, upgraded prediction library.
  • hobot_cv supports pyramid output.
  • System software adds RTSP video hardware decoding, Python API.
  • Fixed AI model I2C error, python pwm period setting, spi write/read issues.
  • Fixed Ethernet and wifi simultaneous startup error.
  • Added 4-mic audio sub-board instructions.

V1.0.3​

  • Added ROS2 vision_opencv adaptation.
  • hobot_audio optimized voice recognition, changed default wake word.
  • hobot_cv added crop/resize/rotate interfaces.
  • hobot_sensor optimized NV12 to RGB efficiency.
  • hobot_msgs optimized keypoint info, added audio_msg.

V1.0.2​

  • Added GC4663 mipi camera, RealSense camera adaptation.
  • Optimized AI samples, supports usb camera multi-resolution.
  • Optimized first boot time.
  • Fixed Desktop black screen issue.
  • mono2d_body_detection added keypoint confidence.
  • audio_control added voice control for robot movement.
  • hobot_audio added voice recognition.
  • hobot_websocket optimized web display.
  • hobot_msgs optimized keypoint info, added audio_msg.

V1.0.1​

  • Updated hobot-arm64-modules, fixed Desktop mouse display.
  • HobotDNN optimized async inference.
  • HobotCV optimized log output.
  • HobotSensor fixed rgbd sensor message publishing.
  • HobotWebsocket fixed memory leak.
  • HobotCodec optimized codec CPU usage.
  • Added HobotHDMI module.
  • mono2d_body_detection optimized performance stats and log.
  • hand_lmk_detection fixed memory leak and inference performance.
  • hand_gesture_detection fixed multi-hand detection and optimized performance.
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