# UR News & Announcements **URL:** https://forum.universal-robots.com/c/news-annoucements/21.md [Latest](https://forum.universal-robots.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.universal-robots.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.universal-robots.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the UR News & Announcements category](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/about-the-ur-news-announcements-category/2128)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/about-the-ur-news-announcements-category/2128 "2018-06-16T12:46:42Z")
Announcements from the Universal Robots team: Product updates, bug fixes, community events, and more! --- ## [Heads-up: PolyScope X Frontend REST calls should not use control box addresses or servicegateway](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/heads-up-polyscope-x-frontend-rest-calls-should-not-use-control-box-addresses-or-servicegateway/43335)
**Author:** [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/heads-up-polyscope-x-frontend-rest-calls-should-not-use-control-box-addresses-or-servicegateway/43335 "2026-09-16T13:25:21Z")
Why we are bringing this up With the introduction of Gen 7, we have observed several URCaps failing in certain deployment scenarios because frontend code communicates with backend services using fixed hostnames, control… --- ## [End of life notification: Realtime interface 30003/30013, Polyscope X 10.16](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/end-of-life-notification-realtime-interface-30003-30013-polyscope-x-10-16/43268)
**Author:** [@mmi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mmi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/end-of-life-notification-realtime-interface-30003-30013-polyscope-x-10-16/43268 "2026-09-02T08:15:16Z")
The Realtime Interface (also known as the Matlab Interface), available on ports 30003 and 30013, will be removed from PolyScope X. The last software version in which this interface will be available is 10.15. Migration … --- ## [Product change notification: Change to M8 female connector on the E-series](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-change-to-m8-female-connector-on-the-e-series/31937)
**Author:** [@mry](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mry)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-change-to-m8-female-connector-on-the-e-series/31937 "2025-10-06T08:27:45Z")
Date: To be implemented in production at the 1st of September Product(s) Affected: All e-Series Overview We have improved the M8 connector at the flange to move towards a more robust connector solution. When: The fir… --- ## [PolyScope X Open Beta Announcement](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-x-open-beta-announcement/36988)
**Author:** [@phye](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/phye)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-x-open-beta-announcement/36988 "2025-01-22T13:38:42Z")
Dear Developer Community, We’re excited to introduce PolyScope X, our new platform! What’s New in PolyScope X PolyScope X works with all e-Series robot arms, with support for UR20 and UR30 coming soon. It offers enhanc… --- ## [Free Software Trial: UR Connect Free for the rest of 2024](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/free-software-trial-ur-connect-free-for-the-rest-of-2024/37050)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Povlsen](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Mark_Povlsen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/free-software-trial-ur-connect-free-for-the-rest-of-2024/37050 "2024-11-25T12:56:27Z")
Do you sometimes experience a program stopping working after some changes were made, but you can’t find out what was changed, and just want to revert back to the previously working version? Have you ever experienced tha… --- ## [Default Security settings will change in upcoming Polyscope 5.14](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/default-security-settings-will-change-in-upcoming-polyscope-5-14/27934)
**Author:** [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/default-security-settings-will-change-in-upcoming-polyscope-5-14/27934 "2024-10-04T15:35:28Z")
In order to harden the system and deliver it to the user in more secure state, starting with version 5.14, security settings will be restricted instead of open by default. The ports will be closed by default, services wi… --- ## [Announcement: Conclusions of PolyScope beta program](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-conclusions-of-polyscope-beta-program/30370)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-conclusions-of-polyscope-beta-program/30370 "2024-08-26T11:48:30Z")
Dear UR community, We constantly strive to make the user experience and functionality of our robots easier and more powerful to use. Over the last few quarters, you’ve probably heard about some of the new major developm… --- ## [Tech Talk: Elevate cobot capabilities with Arduino](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-elevate-cobot-capabilities-with-arduino/31365)
**Author:** [@phye](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/phye)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-elevate-cobot-capabilities-with-arduino/31365 "2024-07-10T22:32:55Z")
We have another tech talk tomorrow at 16:00 CET (UTC +01:00)! It will feature a developer who’s been working with arduino and UR together. Same incentive as last time to repost my LinkedIn post and you’ll get added to th… --- ## [Announcing the UR Developer Suite: Your Comprehensive Robotics Development Toolkit](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcing-the-ur-developer-suite-your-comprehensive-robotics-development-toolkit/35101)
**Author:** [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcing-the-ur-developer-suite-your-comprehensive-robotics-development-toolkit/35101 "2024-07-09T13:21:37Z")
Dear Community, We are thrilled to announce the launch of the UR Developer Suite, an all-encompassing collection of tools designed to streamline and enhance your development process with Universal Robots. The UR Develo… --- ## [Request For Comments: Variable length lists](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/request-for-comments-variable-length-lists/30144)
**Author:** [@mmi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mmi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/request-for-comments-variable-length-lists/30144 "2024-01-26T12:46:56Z")
Hello Community! Our development team is planning to add support for variable length lists to URScript. Variable length list still needs to declare maximum capacity. Runtime dynamic heap allocations are not allowed due… --- ## [Universal Robots continues its innovation journey by launching new 30 kg collaborative robot](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/universal-robots-continues-its-innovation-journey-by-launching-new-30-kg-collaborative-robot/31623)
**Author:** [@mry](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/universal-robots-continues-its-innovation-journey-by-launching-new-30-kg-collaborative-robot/31623 "2023-12-12T18:02:19Z")
Tokyo, November 29, 2023 : Today we announced that it will expand its leading product portfolio with a new 30 kg payload cobot. UR30 is the second in Universal Robot’s new series of innovative, next generation cobots an… --- ## [Tech Talk: Use MATLAB to Create Reusable Blueprints](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-use-matlab-to-create-reusable-blueprints/31685)
**Author:** [@phye](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/phye)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-use-matlab-to-create-reusable-blueprints/31685 "2023-12-05T08:39:29Z")
Hello all, Tune in for a tech talk at 15:00 CET tomorrow HERE. Our speaker, Dr. YJ Lim, Principal Product Lead of Robotics and Autonomous Systems at MathWorks, will be walking through how you can leverage MATLAB’s AI ca… --- ## [Tech Talk: Revolutionize EV Charging with Robotic Solutions](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-revolutionize-ev-charging-with-robotic-solutions/31289)
**Author:** [@phye](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/phye)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-revolutionize-ev-charging-with-robotic-solutions/31289 "2023-11-14T14:36:38Z")
Howdy, We have another TechTalk in the books, for tomorrow at 10:00 am PST (UTC -08:00). The folks over at Joule Labs are working at changing the way people charge electric vehicles by utilizing robotics. They’ll deep d… --- ## [Tech talk: Computational design of passive grippers](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-computational-design-of-passive-grippers/31130)
**Author:** [@mry](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-computational-design-of-passive-grippers/31130 "2023-10-27T13:35:11Z")
Hi all, Thanks to everyone that joined last week’s tech talk on protective stops. Your questions and engagement were great! Find the recording here: Tech talk: Understanding protective stops We’ll host the next one alr… --- ## [Tech talk: Understanding protective stops](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-understanding-protective-stops/30913)
**Author:** [@mry](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/tech-talk-understanding-protective-stops/30913 "2023-10-26T13:17:07Z")
Hi Forum, As a new initiative, we are launching a series of online tech talks. Here we will dive into technical topics together with internal and external speakers. Our first tech talk will be: Understanding protective… --- ## [Announcement: What is changing in PolyScope 6?](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-what-is-changing-in-polyscope-6/26709)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-what-is-changing-in-polyscope-6/26709 "2023-09-12T12:02:19Z")
Hello again, UR community! In November we announced that PolyScope 6 is coming, and with this update, we want to shed more light on what changes PolyScope 6 entails. Why PolyScope 6? → ROBUSTNESS The driving force be… --- ## [Announcement: PolyScope 6 is coming!](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-polyscope-6-is-coming/25056)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-polyscope-6-is-coming/25056 "2023-09-12T12:01:47Z")
Dear UR Community, Since we launched UR+ back in 2016, you, our partners and our customers, have created amazing new products and features using the URCaps SDK. You’ve introduced URCaps that go above and beyond solving … --- ## [Announcement: Developer Network is LIVE](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-developer-network-is-live/29306)
**Author:** [@mry](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/mry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-developer-network-is-live/29306 "2023-06-30T16:19:30Z")
Dear UR community, We are launching a Developer Network! We think people developing things are the secret ingredient in any successful cobot deployment. A lot of you are already active in this forum, but there are so… --- ## [Announcement: Universal Robots Discord Server](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-universal-robots-discord-server/29203)
**Author:** [@phye](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/phye)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/announcement-universal-robots-discord-server/29203 "2023-06-26T13:11:45Z")
Hello all, We’ve booted up a Discord server for people to join, if interested. The goal of this is not to replace the forum, but to provide a more real time platform for when you run into annoying bugs that might not wa… --- ## [PolyScope 6.0 beta is LIVE!](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-6-0-beta-is-live/27891)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-6-0-beta-is-live/27891 "2023-04-12T10:05:56Z")
It’s time! A major leap forward for PolyScope is at our doorstep. We announced PolyScope 6 back in November, and shed more light on the URCap-related changes in February. Now OPEN BETA for PolyScope 6 is live and ava… --- ## [Release of PolyScope 5.12 with PROFIsafe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/release-of-polyscope-5-12-with-profisafe/22249)
**Author:** [@jbm](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/jbm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/release-of-polyscope-5-12-with-profisafe/22249 "2022-12-13T14:18:48Z")
Dear valued UR community, We are delighted to announce, that we have now released PolyScope 5.12. You can find the complete release notes here: Release Notes PolyScope 5.12 PolyScope 5.12 introduce support for PROFIs… --- ## [Product Change Notification: Spare Part Warranty Reset](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-spare-part-warranty-reset/23848)
**Author:** [@rnja](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/rnja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-spare-part-warranty-reset/23848 "2022-09-15T12:50:40Z")
Bringing stock closer to customers decreases lead time for receiving spare parts. To accomplish this, Universal Robots is now introducing the possibility of restarting the warranty on joint spare parts when delivering it… --- ## [Product Change Notification: Microcontroller update in standard Teach Pendants (TP) of e-Series robots](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-microcontroller-update-in-standard-teach-pendants-tp-of-e-series-robots/21690)
**Author:** [@UmairQureshi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/UmairQureshi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-change-notification-microcontroller-update-in-standard-teach-pendants-tp-of-e-series-robots/21690 "2022-06-01T13:46:06Z")
Please be notified about the Product Change Notification released by Universal Robots regarding an upcoming product revision. To maintain our ability to support customers with products in the current electronics industr… --- ## [Long-Term-Support Strategy towards Product Changes](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/long-term-support-strategy-towards-product-changes/20883)
**Author:** [@UmairQureshi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/UmairQureshi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/long-term-support-strategy-towards-product-changes/20883 "2022-04-27T08:56:53Z")
Please be notified about the announcement to our valued customers and partners. Universal Robots is pleased to announce its release strategy that includes the Polyscope software version 5.12 as the Long-Term-Support (LTS… --- ## [Product alert: e-series robot joints microcontroller update](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-alert-e-series-robot-joints-microcontroller-update/19489)
**Author:** [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/product-alert-e-series-robot-joints-microcontroller-update/19489 "2022-02-24T18:51:45Z")
Please be notified about the Product Alert released by Universal Robots regarding an upcoming product revision. Universal Robots is introducing an alternative Microcontroller-B chip to the e-Series robots’ joint sizes 2,… --- ## [New Product Alert: e-Series Control Box SCB Change](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/new-product-alert-e-series-control-box-scb-change/19245)
**Author:** [@Kaleigh](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Kaleigh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/new-product-alert-e-series-control-box-scb-change/19245 "2022-02-14T13:10:35Z")
Please be notified about the Product Alert released by Universal Robots regarding an electronics hardware change to the e-Series Control Box Safety Control Board (SCB). The Product Alert is created to address the follow… --- ## [PolyScope 5.11.7 & 3.15.6 Now Available](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-5-11-7-3-15-6-now-available/18373)
**Author:** [@ANBR](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ANBR)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-5-11-7-3-15-6-now-available/18373 "2021-12-28T16:07:06Z")
The Log4Shell vulnerability for PolyScope on e-Series and CB3 has been resolved. All artifacts for 5.11.7 & 3.15.6 are available on the Support Site. Please review this article with more information about the issue. --- ## [Log4Shell vulnerability](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/log4shell-vulnerability/18279)
**Author:** [@ANBR](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ANBR)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/log4shell-vulnerability/18279 "2021-12-20T15:32:12Z")
Please see this article on the Support Site with information about the Log4Shell security vulnerability. We expect a patch for PolyScope to be available before Jan 1. --- ## [PolyScope 5.11.6 & 3.15.5 Now Available](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-5-11-6-3-15-5-now-available/18217)
**Author:** [@ANBR](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ANBR)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/polyscope-5-11-6-3-15-5-now-available/18217 "2021-12-16T19:39:41Z")
PolyScope 5.11.6 & 3.15.5 are now available for download on the Support Site. Both releases include 2 software fixes and changes to the manuals. Details can be found in the release notes. [Next page](https://forum.universal-robots.com/c/news-annoucements/21.md?page=1)