# SoftBank Robotics documentation What's new in NAOqi 2.8?

# Release Notes - 2.3.0

## Supported Operating Systems

### Linux: Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) is not supported.

Linux Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) is supported.

### Windows: 7 and 8.1

Windows XP is not supported.

Windows 7 and 8.1 are supported.

### Mac OS: 10.10.2 Yosemite

Mac OS X versions 10.7.1 Lion, 10.8.3 Mountain Lion, and 10.9.4 Mavericks, are not supported.

Mac OS X version 10.10.2 Yosemite is supported.

For further details, see:

- Choregraphe requirements,
- Python SDK - Supported Operating Systems,
- C++ SDK - Supported Operating Systems.

## Interacting with Aldebaran robots

### Calling Pepper

When Pepper has not yet seen you, or is not close enough to be fully listening, he may, however, understand a few words.

For further details, see: Calling Pepper.

### Stop, Sleep, & Awake tactile commands

To ... | For further details, see ...
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Stop an Activity: Put your hand on robot’s head (palm on camera and fingers on its head tactile sensor) for 1s. | Exiting an Activity Exiting an Activity
Put your Aldebaran robot to sleep: Put your hand on robot’s head (same way) for 3s. | Putting NAO to sleep Putting Pepper to sleep
Awake your Aldebaran robot, while he is asleep: Touch its head tactile sensor. | Awaking NAO Awaking Pepper

### Security

Aldebaran robot makes sure he is in a safe position when starting Life and adds a notification if he is not in a safe position.

### Notifications

All system notifications which are either a warning or an error are now formatted the same way: prefixed by their severity and their ID number.

For further details, see: Event and state notifications or Event and state notifications.

## New tool: Memory Backup

Memory Backup allows you to back up and restore personal data stored on the robot.

For further details, see:

- Backing up / restoring robot data,
- Back up my robot user data.

## Pepper - Technical improvements

### Pepper - V1.6: new Atom E3845 motherboard

For further details, see: Motherboard.

### Pepper - V1.5: new sensors

For further details, see: Infra-Red.

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