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Robi AI 2.0.0 Release Notes

Robi AI release 2.0.0 (shipped with UAC 8.1.0.0) contains the following high-level features. For a complete list of all the included features and fixes, please refer to the Robi AI 2.0.x Maintenance list.

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We recommend using Robi AI 2.0.0 with UAC 8.1 to get access to the full feature sets of both products. See Robi AI Installation Procedure - Compatibility

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B-24353

Upgrade Spring AI from 1.1.x to 2.0.1 GA

The AI Service and AI MCP Server has been upgraded from Spring AI 1.1 to Spring AI 2.0.1. Several AI configuration property names have changed as a result of this upgrade. See AI Configuration for the updated property names.

B-24389

MCP Tool - Update Job Step of an SAP Instance

An update_sap_job_step_fields tool has been added to the Robi AI MCP server, allowing the AI assistant to update fields on a specific SAP task instance job step by ID. This tool utilizes the new PATCH and GET APIs added for SAP Task Instances in B-24388.

B-24507

Workflow Builder

Robi AI now supports a Workflow Builder mode for creating and extending workflows through a conversational interface. Robi conducts a structured interview to gather the details it needs, assembles a complete workflow plan, and presents it for your review. Nothing is written to the Controller until you approve.

B-24529

Async Chat / Analyze with Activity Indicator

While Robi is processing a request in Assistant or Analyze mode, an activity indicator now appears showing its current status, displaying Thinking... when processing the query and Executing <tool name>... when a specific tool or subagent is running. The indicator clears when the response is ready.

B-24552

Subagents - Task Creation

Robi can now create tasks using task-type-specific subagents. Describe the task you want in natural language; Robi delegates to the appropriate subagent for that task type, assembles the full task definition, and presents it for your approval before writing anything to the Controller. Enabled by default for Timer, Manual, Windows, Linux/Unix, IBM i, and SAP task types. See AI Configuration for subagent configuration options, where you can also enable other experimental task creation subagents.

B-24581*

Documentation Embedding / Retrieval Improvements

Robi's documentation retrieval has been substantially improved so that answers are drawn from complete, on-topic sections of the Universal Automation Center documentation rather than scattered fragments. Documentation is now embedded with heading-aware chunking that preserves each page's structure, and at query time the relevant sections are reassembled in full before Robi composes its answer. Retrieval has also been broadened so that borderline-but-relevant content surfaces, and Robi no longer replies with an unhelpful "I don't know" when the answer is present in the documentation, or when it is a non-product but relevant question the model can answer on its own without documentation (D-15834). The embeddings ship refreshed against the Universal Automation Center 8.1 documentation.

B-24599*

Certify Azure Chat Model "gpt-5.1"

Robi AI 2.0.0 requires the Azure OpenAI gpt-5.1 chat model. Configure your chat model deployment to gpt-5.1. See Robi AI Prerequisites and AI Configuration for details.

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Required model: Running the AI service with gpt-5.1 is required.

Required upgrade step: Import the new vector database dump. Before using the new AI Service release, import the latest ai-{release}-{build}-vector_db_dump.sql. This fully replaces the vector store: it drops and recreates the vector_store table, loads the updated embeddings, and rebuilds the primary key and indexes. For steps and requirements, see Vector Database.

B-24796
D-15646

Library dependencies updated due to vulnerabilities.