[DOCS] Add release notes for Autonomous Mobile Robot (#2121)

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Golebiewski <sebastianx.golebiewski@intel.com>
Co-authored-by: Jayabalaji <jayabalaji.sathiyamoorthi@intel.com>

Author: sgolebiewski-intel

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+   Release Notes <release-notes>

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+# Release Notes: Autonomous Mobile Robot
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+## Version 2026.0
+
+**April 01, 2026**
+
+Autonomous Mobile Robot has been updated to fully support ROS 2 Jazzy. This brings latest
+generation ROS support on the latest Intel silicon, enabling workloads to take the
+advantage of hardware accelerators such as the GPU and NPU.
+
+**New**
+
+- Add support for ROS 2 Jazzy across all components.
+- **Warehouse Pick-and-Place Simulation**
+  - Gazebo Harmonic simulation enablement
+    - Migrate the warehouse pick-and-place simulation that features two manipulators (UR5) and an AMR from Gazebo Classic (Ignition) to Gazebo Harmonic:
+    - Simulation launch/config stack was migrated from the older Classic/Ignition-oriented setup to a Harmonic-compatible Gazebo setup.
+    - Runtime wiring was updated so Harmonic simulation components, robot descriptions, and bridges launch coherently in a single flow.
+  - Plugin migration and compatibility refactor
+    - Core custom simulation plugins (notably conveyor and vacuum tooling) were refactored for Harmonic behavior and plugin APIs.
+    - SDF/Xacro model integration was updated to match Harmonic expectations, including resource/material compatibility adjustments.
+  - Unified TF architecture for pick-and-place
+    - A unified tf2-based frame system was introduced for robots and cubes.
+    - New odometry-to-TF publishing was added for Harmonic DiffDrive outputs, ensuring downstream planners/controllers consume consistent transforms.
+  - Controller logic moved from static offsets to TF-driven tracking
+    - Arm controllers were redesigned to track target cubes from the TF tree instead of relying on hardcoded offsets.
+    - Dynamic grasp pose resolution was added, improving robustness when robot/cube transforms vary at runtime.
+    - Per-robot namespacing support was added for multi-robot controller separation.
+  - MoveIt and manipulator control updates
+    - Dedicated controller-manager configs were added for each arm.
+    - Joint limits/controller config were reorganized for dual-arm operation.
+    - MoveIt execution handling was hardened with longer joint-state wait tolerance and better debug behavior.
+  - Robot description and tooling additions
+    - New gripper/vacuum-related robot description assets were added (parallel gripper and vacuum examples).
+    - URDF/SDF/control fragments were aligned to the Harmonic-ready control pipeline.
+  - AMR behavior fixes required by migration
+    - Navigation orientation conversion (yaw to quaternion) was corrected in AMR motion logic.
+    - State-machine flow gained an explicit idle completion path for clean single-cycle demo termination.
+  - Packaging and deployment updates for migrated stack
+    - DDS configuration was added for runtime communication consistency.
+    - Entry-point/package wiring fixes were applied for new nodes.
+    - Debian package revisions were bumped to publish the migration changes cleanly.
+- **Collaborative SLAM**
+  - Add a safe build option and update documentation for memory management:
+    - Prevention of system crashes on memory-constrained systems.
+    - Support for oneAPI 2025.x/SYCL 8 development.
+    - Added optional support for local ORB extractor package input during safe builds to improve compatibility with oneAPI/SYCL version requirements.
+    - Updated third-party `g2o` source integration to use the ROS release repository and added explicit `libg2o` build configuration for Jazzy packaging.
+    - Fully backward compatible.
+  - Add the troubleshooting guide.
+- **Orb-Extractor**
+  - Resolved memory issues in `liborb`, improving stability and reliability under load.
+  - Updated SYCL compatibility for Intel 2025.3 and introduced targeted code optimizations.
+  - Introduce compatibility checks and adjustments for `OPENCV_FREE` mode in various test files.
+- **ITS Planner**
+  - Implemented automatic ROS distribution detection across the build and deployment pipeline
+  - Updated all configuration files and documentation to support both ROS 2 Humble and Jazzy distributions
+  - Added distro-specific environment variable handling `GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH` vs `GZ_SIM_RESOURCE_PATH`
+  - Enhanced launch scripts with distro-aware package path resolution and configuration management
+  - Added distribution-specific nav2 parameter files for optimized performance across ROS versions
+  - Removed hardcoded distribution references from documentation and build scripts
+- **ADBScan**
+  - Jazzy + Gazebo Harmonic support enabled
+    - Added and updated simulation, launch, model, packaging, and documentation assets to support ROS 2 Jazzy with Gazebo Harmonic.
+    - Expanded follow-me simulation coverage across lidar, RealSense, gesture, and audio-assisted launch paths.
+  - OpenVINO 2024 compatibility updates
+    - Updated audio recognition components and related scripts/configuration to support OpenVINO 2024.
+    - Applied changelog updates across multiple packages to reflect OpenVINO 2024 compatibility and related improvements.
+  - Dependency and packaging fixes
+    - Corrected Humble dependency definitions in simulation package metadata.
+    - Updated Debian changelog/control-related package maintenance entries for both Humble and Jazzy package sets.
+
+**Improved**
+
+- **Robot configuration (robot_config)**
+  - Refactor robot configuration for Gazebo Harmonic compatibility.
+  - Update nav2 launch files (humble/jazzy/foxy), warehouse launch, and AMR launch.
+  - Update TurtleBot3 waffle SDF models (standard, tray+camera, tray no-camera variants).
+- **Pick-and-Place Controllers (picknplace)**
+  - Replace hardcoded coordinate offsets in arm1_controller with TF tree lookups (`tf2_ros`).
+  - `GRASP_Y_ARM` is now dynamically resolved at startup via the live TF tree with a fallback.
+  - Cube tracking uses `lookup_transform` rather than manual subtraction.
+  - Increase QoS depth from 1 to 10 in moveit2.
+- **Debian Packaging**
+  - Bump package versions: robot-config 2.3-2, picknplace 2.3-2, robot-config-plugins 3.6-2.
+- **Orb-extractor**
+  - Update build dependencies in the control files for Intel oneAPI DPC++ Compiler to version 2025.3.
+  - Remove redundant `libgpu_orb.so` from the package installation files.
+  - Adjust the test installation files to skip problematic test targets.
+  - Refactor debian/rules to streamline the build process and remove redundant test builds.
+  - Enhance the SYCL code to resolve namespace qualification issues and internal implementation errors.
+  - Apply the aggressive clean build approach for the SYCL compilation.
+  - Update `CMakeLists.txt` to reflect changes in library linking and compiler settings.
+  - Modify test source files to accommodate changes in OpenCV compatibility and removed
+    deprecated OpenCV includes.
+  - Increase Device count.
+  - Use direct memory allocation instead of memory pool for increased stability.
+- **ITS Planner**
+  - Update all README files to support both Humble and Jazzy distributions.
+  - Update the launch scripts with distro-aware package paths and configurations.
+  - Enhance the nav2 parameter files with distro-specific settings.
+  - Remove hardcoded Humble references throughout documentation.
+  - Improve the `collab_slam` script with automatic ROS environment detection.
+- **ADBScan**
+  - Update `CMakeLists.txt` to support both Humble and Jazzy with Gazebo Harmonic on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 respectively.
+  - Update Makefile to include the `turtlebot3_simulations` package for Jazzy builds.
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- **Debian Packaging**
+  - Fix debian/rules executable permissions (from 644 to 755) across all packages
+    (required by dpkg-buildpackage).
+- **Orb-Extractor**
+  - Fix a memory leak.
+- **Pick-and-Place Controllers (picknplace)**
+  - Fix node namespace - from `/ARM2Controller` to `/arm2/ARM2Controller`.
+  - Fix `amr_goto_pose` in amr_controller to use proper yaw-to-quaternion conversion:
+    (`sin(yaw/2)`, `cos(yaw/2)`) instead of `raw z=0.004`.