Usage statistics, on by default

Before installing the 1.13.0 update, I read what it changed. One line stopped me: usage statistics. I went and read them in the code.

What the code says

• The robot software sends anonymous usage statistics to an analytics service hosted in Europe.
• They are on by default.
• They can be switched off: by a command sent to the robot, or in its configuration file.
• Version 1.12.0 did not have them.

The maker’s desktop app also sends anonymous usage statistics, and offers a setting to turn them off.

I did not record the exact content of each report. The word “anonymous” is the maker’s.

Turning them off

Over the network, one command to the robot’s interface:

PUT /api/telemetry   {"enabled": false}

Or in the robot software’s configuration file, daemon_config.json.

Worth remembering

Nothing warns you at first start-up: you have to know in order to switch it off. If your robot runs 1.13.0 or later, the command above is enough.