OSKR – Windows: SSH With RSA Key using Putty
In the OSKR documentation it is mentioned that they assume you are on a Linux or *nix flavour (like Mac OS) when working with OSKR. But even if I know my way around Linux (even …
Category: Software
First Adventures With OSKR
I was just able to get the OSKR image onto one of my Vectors, but let me tell you: It was quite a pain. I will tell you later down below what exactly the problem …
Vector OSKR rollout
Yesterday Digital Dream Labs did send a mail to their Kickstarter backers that the rollout of the Open Source Kit for Robots (or short: OSKR) has started. That will basically turn any robot onto a …
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 …
Bring Vector back to firmware 1.6 to stay (caveat: tech-heavy)
Beware! This is for people with at least some tech knowledge, the “normal” user will most probably not be able to do it. A lot of people are unhappy with firmware 1.7 for multiple reasons. …
Vector recognizes another Vector?
Amitabha Banerjee shows in a short video how a Vector recognizes another Vector without the need of custom markers. This is based on the YOLO-framework (“you only look once”), a Python framework for object recognition. …
Vector Web Setup
Shortly after I wrote the Node.js article yesterday I found an email from DDL via Kickstarter in my mailer that announced the arrival of something called “Vector Web Setup”. At first I was excited and …
Vector Escape Pod and node.js
A few days ago Digital Dream Labs gave out more information on the delayed Escape Pod. Lets remember the Kickstarter: Escape Pod was the first to be released feature and it was advertised as a …
It’s official: The Android app is bad
Since I first tried to set up a Vector many months ago, I noticed many problems with using the Android companion app. There are heavy connection problems when it comes to the initial Bluetooth linking, …
Where is the Escape Pod Beta?
In an update for Kickstarter backers dated from may 30th 2020, a Digital Dream Labs employee wrote the following about Escape Pod (excerpt): 1.7 Beta is ready. Firm dates for Escape Pod and OSKR releases. …
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 …
Firmware 1.7.0: Users are unhappy with the new sounds
DDL announced the new firmware that was rolled out just now with a “feature” called “new sounds that make Vector more lifelike”. I said weeks ago that DDL should be very careful what they do …
Firmware 1.7.0: DDL calls this a “changelog”
This is the “official changelog” for the 1.7 firmware update. Release Date: July 6th, 2020 Rebranding from Anki to Digital Dream Labs Bug fixes & polish: Vector is now much more responsive to his wake word, …
Code Vector utilizing Scratch 3 via Codelab Adapter
This is not a new project, it is around for roughly one and a half years, but maybe some did miss it. There is a Codelab-Adapter that let’s you to code Vector with MITs block-programming …
VectorPlus: .NET based Server application for additional behaviours
A guy with the nickname instantiator (Lewis Westbury) released a server application called VectorPlus on Github. It is based on Wayne Venables unofficial .NET SDK for the robot and thus can be extended in C# …
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 …
Another take on Vector object recognition
In an article on Medium Surajit Saikia shows another take on Vector object recognition utilizing Tensorflow, Keras and Open CV3 together with the Vector Python SDK to make the tiny robot recognize objects. In addition …
Vector uses Google Vision API to recognize objects
hiamitabha on Reddit shows how Vector can use the Google Vision API to recognize objects. So far the results have been mixed, but I am sure this can be improved – and it shows how …
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 …