A Wonder Of Biblical Proportions: Vector 2.0s arrived in the UK
As the title says: It’s a wonder of biblical proportions: After lots of misinformation by DDL since late 2022 it looks like the first Vector 2.0s actually have arrived in the UK.
Digital Dream Labs: No OSKR because nobody knows how to do it
Digital Dream Labs stopped giving our OSKR images some months ago. My suspicion was that no one at the highly unprofessional company was left to create and give out htose images.
Loona: No repair kits and KEYi Tech starts deleting comments in their Facebook group
Despite the fact that the Loona repair kits were promised for mid-january so far they not only not arrived, but also the tracking info we got after the first useless amd now tracking did not update for weeks. As far as I can see those repair kits did not even leave china.
Digital Dream Labs: Informations from an (ex-) inside source [Update]
Thanks to quite inquisitive community member Barbara Langston we have some inside information from a former employee on what happened with Digital Dream Labs. So far it looks like they were running out of funds …
Cloudfund sues Digital Dream Labs
More hints about Digital Dream Labs downfall:
The company Cloudfront LLC filed a lawsuit against Digital Dream.
Cozmars: 3D-printed Open Cozmo build
User leodemacondo presents Cozmars on Thingiverse, his version of an open source Cozmo (or Vector) -like robot.
Loona: changelog of new update on 18th Jan
The following changelog was just posted in the Loona Facebook group:
Not all Loona repair kits sent as promised, further delays
Today KEYi Technologies provided a link to a Google Calc sheet on Facebook that includes tracking numbers for the ear repair kits sorted by serial number.
The next Digital Dream Labs stunt: bill.com
People that are trying to get a refund from Digital Dream Labs, be it for the still missing Vector 2.0s or the vaporhardware Butter Robot (that most probably will never see the light of day) are now faced with a new try by them to prevent that:
Moorebot Scout: Looks like Pilot Labs moved on and left the backers behind
One of the bigger disappointments in the home robotics community (besides the constant disappointments by DDL) was Pilot Labs Moorebot Scout.
Do not buy Eilik: Looks like Energize Labs also is in over their heads
We hear more and more complaints by Eilik backers that have problems with firmware updates or broken SD cards, those are problems known from the past and seem still not to be solved today, as new posts about these problems appear nearly on an hourly basis.
KEYi Tech offers parts for ear self repair
It is by now quite obvious that Loona has an ear problem. Lots of backers that opted for christmas delivery reported droopy ears that could not be resolved by restarting the robot. But they made out the problem quite fast.
Digital Dream Labs – a poem by William Shakespeare
No, not really but by ChatGPT. A member of the Facebook group “Digital Dream Labs sucks” fed Open AI’s new Deep Learing chatbot with a few informations and asked it to spew out a poem about Digital Dream Labs in the style of the bard
Digital Dream Labs has shut down their repair center
We all remember when DDL announced the opening of their repair center.
Loona software releases delayed due to Covid
There just was an announcement in the official Loona Facebook group: the chinese KEYi Tech division is struggling with Covid and that will delay development.
Expand Vector functionality on Wire-Pod with vectorx
vectorx is a new project by fforchino on Github to add new functionality to 1st generation Vectors tethered to a Wire-Pod.
Loona Christmas Delivery: Look into Pledgebox for tracking numbers!
It was stated by KEYi Tech that you will get a tracking number for the xmas deliveries. From what I could see today that may or may not be so, since in Pledgebox I could already see tracking informations, but I did not get anything via email.
Digital Dream Labs: Be careful when sending in your robot for repair – plus: OSKR gone
I saw multiple people complaining online in different places that they have sent in their 1st generation vectors to SSL’s “official” repair center in the USA and now there is no feedback