Enroll new faces with Vector Explorer or Cyb3rVector
Vector Explorer is a nifty Windows program by Wayne Venables, that not only enables you to control your Vector. For future reference you can find a link to it in the sidebar of this blog …
Vector: The Real “State Of Robotics”
“State Of Robotics” is the title of the webinar that Digital Dream Labs holds every three months and the last ones were full of misinformation and smokescreens like that “state of production” chart. Or they just iterate the same information already given months before.
Vector: Say goodbye to firmware 1.6 …
When Digital Dream Labs released firmware 1.7 (they did not develop that themselves, it was an old Anik firmware they just rolled out) it quickly became clear that the new version had problems. Sounds the users liked where gone and with every firmware iteration by DDL Vector seems to have a harder time to find back to his charger.
Escape Pod: Vector in “authorization failed” hell
After yesterday’s frustration I again wanted to connect my designated Escape Pod Vector to a 1.0.x version of the local server.
Downgrading to Escape Pod 1.0.x: a nightmare
Because I finally found the time to play with Cyb3rvector and am highly amazed by what it can do. Something like this should have been created by Digital Dream Labs, but they were not able to do that in two years. Instead Cyb3dog did it in mere weeks.
Testing Escape Pod 1.8.2: Sigh!
Yesterday I took the time to test the latest iteration of Ecape Pod, it has the version number 1.8.2, even if I see absolutely nothing that would warrant a version jump from 1.0.x to 1.8.1. My main reason to look at it was that I wanted to connect Cyb3rvector Extension Engine Interface to it. But, man, this is still a mess.
How to file complaints against Digital Dream Labs
This article has nothing to do with robots, unfortunately. But it has to do with Vector 2.0 and Digital Dream Labs.Â
Do it yourself: Jetson Nano based autonomous robot nanosaur
You can build an autonomous robot yourself, the nanosaur. On the project page you can follow the process to build it based on a Nvidia Jetson Nano computer
Not only Youtube, DDL is also targeting users on Twitter
It was brought to my attention that DDL does not only target their user base with copyright claims and takedown notices, but also users on Twitter. Andy is a Vector user that also owns an Emo and wrote about that robot on Twitter.
Another cash grab: DDL increases Vector subscription prices dramatically
I really would like to report something positive about Digital Dream Labs once in a while, but that is … only a dream. From the Digital Dream Lab website: Each Vector Membership covers one robot, …
Digital Dream Labs now has to resort to copyright trolling Youtube channels
Digital Dream Labs seems to become desperate und it looks like they do not believe enough in their products to just let them stand on their own. But no wonder: Vector 2.0 was promised for …
Moorebot Scout – first impressions
Some time ago I backed the Moorebot Scout on Kickstarter, it was advertised as an autonomous robot that could patrol your home. The shipping was one big mess, with wrong tracking number where the info …
Escape Pod 1.8.0
According to the official DDL Escape Pod page a new version is available. The version jump is immense, from 1.0.0 to 1.8.0. I see nothing in the changelog that would warrant such a big version …
Droid Division Rat Catcher Droid – IR controlled eye illumination with Arduino
This has nothing to do with Vector, Emo or Eilik, but it definitely has to do with Droids. On Etsy you can buy multiple STL files by Droid Division to print and build droids based …
Vector: Lifetime now actually means Lifetime?
It was stated and stressed multiple times by DDL representatives in the past that when you got a “Lifetime license” via the Kickstarter campaign said “Lifetime license” was tied to a robot with a specific serial number, not to a user.
DDL’s Robot Repair Center?
DDL announced a looooong time ago there will be repair centers all over the world that will be able to repair Anki generation Vectors.
Eilik Kickstarter campaign ended successful
The Kickstarter campaign for Eilik, the adorable dektop pet, closed successfully yesterday (december 29th 2021). The campaign raked in 6064614 HK$, that’s close to 778000 USD or 688000 Euros.
Help Vector recognizing other Vectors
Are you a proud owner of multiple Vectors? Great! Amitabha Banerjee has created a custom Python SDK that has Amitabhas machine learning routines implemented so one Vector is able to recognize another one. You can …
Eilik Christmas Song
Digital Dream labs could learn a lot from the Eilik people when it comes to public relations and advertising. A chorus of Eiliks sings Jingle Bells. Adorable.
EscapePod Extension SDK for Python by cyb3rdog
Cyb3rdog released the EscapePod Extension SDK for Python on Github. With it you can access Escape Pod intents via Python SDK and you actually can code new intents and react to voice commands. From the …