# Newton Physics Simulation Engine v1.7.0 Released

- Source: GitHub Robotics Topic
- Published: 2026-10-14T22:38:44.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/pwnk8xnkkpe85428qgkdu2ses
- Original: https://github.com/newton-physics/newton/releases/tag/v1.7.0

## Summary

Newton has released the v1.7.0 feature version, expanding simulation diagnostics, camera rendering, viewer interaction, and rigid/deformable body coupling workflows. Experimental features include composable solver diagnostic output, GRU actuator driving (with ONNX checkpoint support), and particle-rigid body attachment; mimic joints now cover the Featherstone, SemiImplicit, XPBD, MuJoCo, and VBD solvers.