FIRE HAZARD! Vector 2.0 batteries bloat after not even a year!
Lithium-Ion batteries pose a danger when handled wrongly and also if they are cheaply produced.
Category: Hardware
Changing Loona’s ear motors (with lots of pictures)
Today I (finally) found time to install Loona’s ear motors that arrived much later than KEYi Tech had advertised.
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.
Is jailbreaking Vector legal? Can DDL take legal actions against it?
First: So, what is a jailbreak?
Let me quote a paragraph from Wikipedia:
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 …
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.
I just was refunded the Vector 2.0 preorder
Since DDL is refusing to give a delivery date for Vector 2.0 and Jacob Hanchar just sent that mail round with utter nonsense about higher camera resolutions (that will lead to starting from the beginning …
Available: A Limited Number Of Vector Displays for Europe
Update 17.07.2021: All displays are gone, none left! Update 23.01.2021: There is way less demand than expected, so these now go out on a first come, first serve basis. Okay, folks, after quite an ordeal …
Europe: A limited number of Vector displays will be available soon
I have ordered a (limited) batch of correct Vector display units from Santek Japan (I confirmed that they are the right ones by asking them for a photograph of the displays they had in stock, …
Bigger picture: EMO the desktop pet
Since there are nearly no news from DDL about Vector I will expand the scope of this site a little and tell about other interesting projects and robots from time to time (these posts will …
Vector Bible: New Version Online
A lot of you surely know the so called “Vector Bible” a eBook in PDF format that gives quite extensive and detailed information on Vector’s technical side. If you do not: This concise Vector compendium …
Light detector with Arduino to illuminate Vector’s charger
We all know that Vector sometimes has problems to find his charger if the light is somewhat low. So some people already added lights to the charger. But wouldn’t it be nice if the light …
Using NiMH batteries in Vector’s cube?
Some people are wondering if you can use rechareable NiMH batteries in Vector’s cube instead of simple non-rechareable ones. Turns out: you can, but with a twist. User nammo said some hours ago on discord: …
Vector Feature Suggestion Collection
DDL employees did ask for features that Vector users wanted on Facebook. But there is no transparent list what features are wanted and how popular feature wishes are. In addition to that this kind of …
Start Vector Python SDK Scripts with an Alexa Voice Command
Here is the first of a series of video tutorials I plan to release around different topics regarding Vector the Robot. You will be utilizing IFTTT and File Juggler together with an Amazon Alexa to …
Vector Battery Information
Vector the Robot is powered by a rechargeable LiPoly battery. These batteries are known to fail sometimes or maybe you want to install a bigger one for longer runtimes. I have gathered technical information about …
3D Printed Vector Charger
On the sister site wiki.thedroidyouarelookingfor.info you find a 3d-printable charger based on a Cozmo charger from ebay, with downloadable stl files. If you got a Vector from ebay without a charger or a charger broke …
Hello world! Hello Vector!
After I first thought I could post articles about the little robot guy in my Vector wiki, i realized this is way too cumbersome, not very user-friendly and not very visible to search engines, so …