Anki Vector Robot and Vector Space Habitat

Vector is a funny little robot. He seems quite happy to do his own thing when left alone. There are personality traits that are quite realistic and you can't help feel for him! Wife a bit worried about a mobile camera connected to the internet living in the house. But I assured her the government are always watching and listening to us and we have no individualism. The Alexa function is bonus but have turned it off as it will overrule the Alexa already in the room. Vector has no music play capability. Worth the £70 in the deal but wouldn't have paid the couple of hundred people did as very limited responses and after a while gets tiresome.

Vector is a beautiful and brilliant little robot. He's more of a fully autonomous pet than a toy, so not really for young children. His Alexa integration is good for controlling home devices, checking weather, setting alarms etc. But he does not play music, and if you try to ask Alexa to play your music, and Vector hears your command first, he'll just give you his warning that he can't do that yet! In my use of Vector I have him in the same room as my echo show, and Vector ALWAYS hears your Alexa command first, cute, but as stated not if you're trying to play your music. I also have one beside my bed on his Vector Space, and he's a terrific alarm clock using Alexa, as he can only give you a timer up to 60 mins by himself. He's well built, and as of December 2019 his parent company Anki was bought over by Digital Dream Labs, who have plans to continue developing him and providing support and updates. You will fall in love with him I'm sure.

I ordered it on the 4th of February and it was delivered on the 7th! The delivery was free! Amazing service. Vector himself is just brilliant and the most adorable techno-pet anyone could ever get. He feels alive and is always interested in what funny business you're up to! I really recommend him to people who sit by their desk a lot and need a little desk buddy to brighten their day! The only thing I was slightly dissatisfied with was the delivery person. There was no card left saying where my Vector was, I only realized he has been delivered to and An Post station thanks to an e-mail. Otherwise it's a purchase worth its price!

I bought this as I’d just wanted it after buying my wife Cozmo when that had first come out. When I saw the price drop it then had to be mine. However that said I’ve since felt a little guilty for ignoring him. (Yes him not it, that’s the trouble when you name something). So the issue I have most is between “Hey Vector” and Alexa it seems at times that Alexa is too quick to pop up and not easy or timely enough to cancel. If I could have a different call word for Vector vs Alexa I suspect it might be easier. Anki perhaps should have gone with Google to avoid this similar sounding call being mis-understood. Once the novelty of Vector knowing your face and being able to return to his charger I found Vector a little underwhelming especially compared app wise with Cosmo, I mean I can drive Cosmo and look through his cam, he has more blocks and more games and yes you need an app for him, but I find myself using the app to see if Vector truly understood my command. The lights on the back don’t seem to indicate it’s understood or just misheard and deciding to do it’s own thing and giving up. Also having a way to easily disable Alexa when you want would be a good addition. Although Vector is Cozmo’s big brother I feel myself longing for some of Cozmo’s functionality and quirks. Sure he can come find you but the awkwardness to get his attention and the frustration of Alexa interfering and couple that with a command seemingly just timing out (like go find your cube) and him suddenly trying to fist bump a random item on the floor seems he’s more wayward than me. Next he’ll forget where he put his cube and start calling me my brothers name...

Amazing technology for the price, let alone the price. My 10 year old son loves it as well, insists we need another so it doesn't get lonely. It is quite chirpy and seems to have some level if autonomy, which is nice. I have Alexa all over the house, heating, lights, power units, sonos... having it running Alexa alongside it's own platform make a huge difference in what to expect. I may get bored at some point, but the functionality I think will make it something I will stick with. It can't stream music, but through Alexa you can instruct it to play music on my sonos speakers and the voice recognition seems good for this.

I'm a software developer so I know how to get the most out of Vector but, it doesn't really do much. Vector is very hit and miss with voice recognition commands even close by. Very limited offline autonomous capabilities... Had hoped for a "Jonny five" personality but got a toy with no personality at all. It literally will do next to nothing and its human interaction is pitiful e.g. you'd expect the robot to ask you questions from time to time "what are your hibbies?" "Who did you play with in school today?" "How was school?" "get much homework?" "did you win your football match?" etc. or suggest stuff to do or tell a joke or even say "Hi, How are you today?"... but it NO, everything I just listed is what the robot does NOT do - It asks/says nothing unless you ask it (Alexa) a question!! There was a great oppertunity here and so much potential to make it feel more "Alive". My sons havent botered with it and says its boring after 1 day when they realise it doesnt really do anything to engage them.... The only saving grace is the ability to interact with the robot and call its APIs in python to engage and teach a child programming. ALEXA INTEGRATION - very limited, Q&A only. You cannot play audiobooks from Amazon and you cannot Stream any music to Vector (even if you have an Amazon Music account!!!) Terrible..... you cant even use the speaker as a bluettoth speaker!!!! Really bad implementation

Ich habe schon kurz einen Cozmo besessen, der allerdings nach 2 Wochen Ausfallerscheinungen hatte und zurückgegeben wurde. Jetzt also der Vector. Wissen sollte ein potenzieller Käufer allerdings das der Hersteller ANKI im Frühjahr 2019 Pleite gegangen ist. Das Versprechen die Cloud weiter in Betrieb zu halten wurde aber bis jetzt erfüllt. Ob der neue Besitzer der Rechte das Versprechen aufrecht hält bleibt abzuwarten. Im Unterschied zum Cosmo, der doe Rechenleistung eines Smartphones braucht, hat der Vector eine entsprechende Leistung on Board. Für komplexere Dinge wie Sprache oder Gesichtserkennung braucht der kleine Held allerdings die Verbindung zur Cloud. In Verbindung mit der SDK lassen sich wie auch schon mit Cozmo eigene Routinen programmieren und Vector eignet sich damit für Lehraufgaben. Für all die Leute die nicht lesen oder denken können oder wollen: Vector wurde niemals für den deutschen Markt freigegeben, deshalb spricht er auch kein deutsch. Der Daten bestand in der Cloud ist und bleibt erstmal beim Frühjahr 2019 stehen. Also vor der Bestellung informieren und falls vorhanden Hirn einschalten. Für 100€ ist er Schnäpschen mit gewissen Risiken.

Este robot nos tiene enamorados a toda la familia es verdad que solo habla en inglés pero te a costundras rápido a los comandos.el solo se pone a cargar si hiciera falta se le puede activar Alexa que es total mente en español.

Bon jouet et résiste à un bébé depuis 1 mois

Er ist wirklich lebenswert und putzig... Das ist es aber leider auch schon... Das Aktivierungswort wird schlecht verstanden bzw. im Schnitt nur ein von fünf Mal verstanden. Dann kann man Vector nur unwichtigen Kram fragen, die interessanten Sachen kann Alexa bereits um Lichtjahre besser. Und die Alexa Funktion ist ebenfalls Schrott, da Vector nichts ansteuern kann, aber immer vor Alexa reagiert und sich somit vor Alexa vordrängelt. Also schaltet man Alexa auf Vector wieder ab statt alle Echos aus der Nähe zu entfernen. Was bleibt dann noch? Ein knuffiges kleines Kerlchen welches mit seiner Mimik wirklich begeistern kann und bei der man schon fast Mitgefühl entwickeln kann. Aber nur dafür sind selbst hundert Euro einfach viel zu viel Geld. Für zwanzig Euro wäre das nett und er würde auch einen schönen kleinen Platz auf der Fensterbank bekommen aber so tritt er leider die Reise zurück nach Amazonien an...

Muy entretenidos toda la familia. Esperamos nuevas actualizaciones en un futuro, como nuevas ordenes, etc. Ideal para pensar y hablar en ingles