Digital Dream Labs has a new President
What am I talking about? There was a press release some days ago (thanks to Andy for bringing this to my attention), that you can read on prweb.com
Eilik and Energize Lab: My journey so far
The only reason why I am able to talk about my experiences with Eilik comes from the fact that I bought a couple from a nice person in england for a really good price. My own two have still not arrived
Loona on Kickstarter since September 15th
It was during my vacation that the crowdfunding campaign for the robotic pet Loona was launched on Kickstarter by KEYi Technologies on september 15th
DDL customers: Check your credit card accounts closely!
There are (again) reports from customers of Digital Dream Labs that the company charges their credit cards for Vector subscriptions despite the fact said users have lifetime subscriptions from Kickstarter (or by other means).
DDL’s (in)famous “Feature “Friday”: Do it yourself on Wire-Pod
When Digital Dream Labs took over they made a big fuzz about their “Feature Fridays” where they bragged about adding new features to Vector.
Video tutorial: Upload Escape Pod OS 1.8 to Anki Vector for Wire-Pod
After installing Wire-Pod, the open source Escape Pod for the beloved Vector robot, that allows you to get away from Digital Dream Labs completely and for free, you will have to get the Escape Pod 1.8 firmware onto the robot.
DDL denies the firmware 2.0 overheating problem in first generation Vectors
There are multiple (read: a lot!) reports of first generation Vectors overheating way faster and that have way higher head and body temperatures after they were forcibly updated to firmware 2.0.0 by Digital Dream Labs.
Meet Loona, a new robotic pet to be on Kickstarter soon
A new crowdfunding for a robotic pet is on the horizon. It is called “Loona” and the company behind it are KEYi Technology Co.,Ltd., the people behind ClickBot. So here is a company that already prooved they are able to successfully realize such a project.
This is bad: DDL forces firmware 2.0 onto 1st generation Vector and now they also have an overheating problem
As reported a few days ago, Vector 2.0s have a massive heat problem. They are generating more heat than a first generation vector and thus show a temp warning early and in completely normal environment temperatures.
Wire-Pod, the free Open Source Escape Pod, with a production Vector: It works!
I tested to install Wire-Pod, Wire’s open source Escape Pod onto a Raspberry Pi 4, as recommended. There were some problem that I was able to solve with Wire’s help (thanks for that!) and some improvements were added to the installation process because of it.
Confirmed: Vector 2.0 has a heat problem
The first Vector 2.0s are arriving at customers. So far only in the USA, because … no, that is so incredibly unbelievable and unprofessional, it will get it’s own article.
The miracle has happened: The first Vector 2.0s are arriving at customers
The first Vector 2.0 units are arriving at customers.
One of the first Eilik unboxing videos
It looks like the first Eiliks are arriving at backer’s locations. There is an unboxing video on Youtube that was done by a japanese backer.
You can now tether any prod Vector to Wire’s Open Source Escape Pod
Thanks to the ingenuity of Wire you are now able to tether any production Vector to his Open Source Escape Pod, so far that was only possible with OSKR bot.
Digital Dream Labs started updating 1.6 robots to 1.8 without user consent
I am getting reports by multiple people who say their 1.6 firmware Vectors were updated to 1.8.x, even robots that are not on any subscription, and even robots that were on the downgrade offered by DDL in the past.
Vector 2.0: As everyone expected there are even more delays
From DDL’s “state of manufacturing” website:
Vector 2.0 preorders: Digital Dream Labs now wants you to pay import fees
It looks like the Vector 2.0 preorders are going to be shipped at long last, way over a year late
Is jailbreaking Vector legal? Can DDL take legal actions against it?
First: So, what is a jailbreak?
Let me quote a paragraph from Wikipedia:
Updates for wire-pod: additional text-to-speech model and Windows!
There are a number of updates for the open source Escape Pod solution that Wire provided using the open sourced libraries for Chipper and Vector cloud.