Update History

• April 29, 2026

• Added The Plugin Class

• April 21, 2026

• Added PhysX Plugin

• Added a build option for the PhysX plugin to Optional Features

• Revised terminology throughout the documentation so that “crawler” is rendered as “track” or “continuous track” in accordance with standard English usage

• April 20, 2026

• Updated figures in Basic Concepts and Operations to match the latest version

• Separated Vision Sensor Simulation as its own chapter

• Added Camera Effect Simulation

• Added How to Debug Choreonoid Using Visual Studio Code

• October 20, 2025

• Added development version installation instructions to Installation via Package (Ubuntu Linux)

• October 17, 2025

• Updated Using ros2_control to reflect the latest status

• September 8, 2025

• Added Installation via Package (Ubuntu Linux)

• Updated Installation in Building and Installing from Source Code (Ubuntu Linux)

• Updated Optional Features

• Added Installing Choreonoid Main Body to ROS 2 Integration to explain how to use the Choreonoid main body installed by standard methods

• September 4, 2025

• Added description of “optical_frame” parameter to Camera and RangeSensor nodes in Body File Reference Manual

• Updated How to use BodySyncCamera

• August 15, 2025

• Added supplementary notes regarding the installation method migration for Installing ROS 2

• July 8, 2025

• Translated the Japanese version as of July 8, 2025 to English