Maintenance for R2025b

 
* Update to new startup app
* Improve ci.yml
* Standardize project details
* Remove reference to emailing for solutions in README as the solutions are included in Instructor Resources
* Update identity as the MathWorks Educator Content Development team

Author: callieEDU

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ permissions:
   pages: write
   id-token: write
 
-
-
 jobs:
   test:
     strategy: 
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        MATLABVersion: [R2024a,R2024b]
+        MATLABVersion: [R2024b,R2025a,R2025b]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       LD_PRELOAD: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
@@ -43,14 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           release: ${{ matrix.MATLABVersion }}
           products: MATLAB Simulink Robotics_System_Toolbox Simscape_Multibody Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox
-          # List required products above in the format shown (and uncomment them)
-          # List of product strings:
-          # Simulink
-          # Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox
-          # Simulink_Coder
-          # Econometrics_Toolbox
-          # Deep_Learning_Toolbox
-
 
       # Run all the tests
       - name: Run SmokeTests

Data/UniversalRobots/MainMenu_UR.mlx

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"schemaVersion":1,"label":"Test Status","color":"success","message":"R2024a | R2024b"}
+{"schemaVersion":1,"label":"Test Status","color":"success","message":"R2025a"}

Data/UniversalRobots/README_UR.mlx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # <span style="color:rgb(213,80,0)">Robotic Manipulators</span>
 <a name="H_053613DF"></a>
 
-[![View on File Exchange](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/images/matlab-file-exchange.svg)](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/130124-robotic-manipulators) or [![Open in MATLAB Online](https://www.mathworks.com/images/responsive/global/open-in-matlab-online.svg)](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj)
+[![View on File Exchange](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/images/matlab-file-exchange.svg)](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/130124-robotic-manipulators) or [![Open in MATLAB Online](https://www.mathworks.com/images/responsive/global/open-in-matlab-online.svg)](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=README.mlx)
 
 ![MATLAB Versions Tested](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FMathWorks-Teaching-Resources%2FRobotic-Manipulators%2Frelease%2FImages%2FTestedWith.json)
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The instructions inside the live scripts will guide you through the exercises an
 
 ## Contact Us
 
-Solutions are available upon instructor request. Contact the [MathWorks teaching resources team](mailto:onlineteaching@mathworks.com) if you would like to request solutions, provide feedback, or if you have a question.
+Contact the [MathWorks Educator Content Development Team](mailto:onlineteaching@mathworks.com) if you would like to provide feedback, or if you have a question.
 
 <a name="H_30BC7141"></a>
 ## Prerequisites
@@ -55,28 +55,26 @@ Ensure you have all the required products ([listed below](#H_E850B4FF)) installe
 <a name="H_E8C62B23"></a>
 # Scripts
 
- *If you are viewing this in a version of MATLAB prior to R2023b, you can view the learning outcomes for each script* [*here*](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/130124-robotic-manipulators)
-
 <a name="H_BC8955C0"></a>
-## [**CoordinateSystemTransformations.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=CoordinateSystemTransformations.mlx)
+## [**CoordinateSystemTransformations.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=Scripts/CoordinateSystemTransformations.mlx)
 |  | **In this script, students will...** | **Academic disciplines**  |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- |
 | <img src="Images/image_3.png" width="171" alt="image_3.png"> | <br>• Explore the importance of coordinate frames <br>• Learn the utility of translation and rotation matrices <br>• Apply transformation matrices to move between coordinate frames | <br>• Mechanical Engineering <br>• Electrical Engineering <br>• Mathematics  |
 
 <a name="H_17056DF7"></a>
-## [**DHParameters.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=DHParameters.mlx)
+## [**DHParameters.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=Scripts/DHParameters.mlx)
 |  | **In this script, students will...** | **Academic disciplines**  |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- |
 | <img src="Images/image_4.png" width="171" alt="image_4.png"> | <br>• Acquire knowledge of Standard and Modified DH Parameters <br>• Create a transformation matrix with DH parameters <br>• Construct a robot frame with DH parameters | <br>• Mechanical Engineering <br>• Electrical Engineering <br>• Mathematics  |
 
 <a name="H_93FB3755"></a>
-## [**ForwardKinematics.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=ForwardKinematics.mlx)
+## [**ForwardKinematics.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=Scripts/ForwardKinematics.mlx)
 |  | **In this script, students will...** | **Academic disciplines**  |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- |
 | <img src="Images/image_5.png" width="171" alt="image_5.png"> | <br>• Perform forward kinematics using DH parameters <br>• Modify joint angles to visualize a robot's movement <br>• Practice unbounded trajectory planning for a simulated robot | <br>• Mechanical Engineering <br>• Electrical Engineering <br>• Mathematics  |
 
 <a name="H_D4F9A4D1"></a>
-## [**InverseKinematics.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=InverseKinematics.mlx)
+## [**InverseKinematics.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators&project=RoboticManipulators.prj&file=Scripts/InverseKinematics.mlx)
 |  | **In this script, students will...** | **Academic disciplines**  |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- |
 | <img src="Images/image_6.png" width="171" alt="image_6.png"> | <br>• Learn the limitations of inverse kinematics approaches <br>• Visualize an inverse kinematic solution for a 6DOF robot <br>• Practice trajectory planning with constraints for a simulated robot | <br>• Mechanical Engineering <br>• Electrical Engineering <br>• Mathematics  |
@@ -108,14 +106,15 @@ Feel free to explore our other [modular courseware content](https://www.mathwork
 <a name="H_0FA5DA18"></a>
 # Contribute 
 
-Looking for more? Find an issue? Have a suggestion? Please contact the [MathWorks teaching resources team](mailto:%20onlineteaching@mathworks.com). If you want to contribute directly to this project, you can find information about how to do so in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators/blob/release/CONTRIBUTING.md) page on GitHub.
+Looking for more? Find an issue? Have a suggestion? Please contact the [MathWorks Educator Content Development Team](mailto:%20onlineteaching@mathworks.com). If you want to contribute directly to this project, you can find information about how to do so in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Robotic-Manipulators/blob/release/CONTRIBUTING.md) page on GitHub.
 
 # Credits
 
 A special thanks to Dhruv Chandel and Jennifer Gago Munoz (both of The MathWorks, Inc.) for developing the core content used to build these interactive educational robotics modules.
 
 
- *©* Copyright 2023 The MathWorks™, Inc
+ *©* Copyright 2025 The MathWorks, Inc
+
 
 
 

Images/TestedWith.json

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 classdef FunctionTests < matlab.unittest.TestCase
 
+    % https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/use-parameters-in-class-based-tests.html
+
     methods(Test)    
 
     end % methods

MainMenu.mlx

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function PostSmokeTest(ShowReport)
 % Format the results in a table and save them
 Results = table(Results');
 Version = extractBetween(string(Results.Name),"Version=",")");
-Passed = Results.Passed;
+Passed = logical(Results.Passed);
 
 % Add link to other report
 File = fileread(fullfile("public","index.html"));

README.md

@@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ function SmokeRun(testCase,File)
             % Close all figures and Simulink models
             close all force
             if any(matlab.addons.installedAddons().Name == "Simulink")
-                try
-                    bdclose all
-                catch
-                    disp("bdclose all is failing")
-                end
+                bdclose all
             end
 
             % Rethrow error if any