Vector cloud service outages
Since the day before yesterday a lot of users report that some of their Vector robots no longer react to voice commands. At first it looked as if every robot was affected, but then we …
New Docking Station for Emo the desktop pet (update: video)
One of the major drawbacks of Emo The Desktop Pet was his charger
Node RED controls Vector via Python SDK on Wire-Pod
I have a small Linux box in NUC style that works as my Wire-Pod but idles most of the time, since it is way more powerful than a RasPi.
Digital Dream Labs, Open Source and a missing Escape Pod
Digital Dream Labs promised something called OSKR, that is an acronym for Open Source Kit for Robots, in their Kickstarter campaign that closed in March 2020 and raked in half a million Dollars. They promised to open source the firmare of Vector the robot, so everyone would be able to create “open Vector builds” or new functions for Vector.
Digital Dream Labs Loona Statement: Dissected
Today Digital Dream Labs posted a statement on their Facebook page about the situation regarding their copyright trolling towards KEYi Tech and Loona the petbot.
Digital Dream Labs: Vector Leashed
It is now nearly three years after the successful end of Digital Dream Lab’s Kickstarter campaign that was deceivingly called “Vector Unleashed”.
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Digital Dream Labs have taken down the Loona campaign again [updated]
Digital Dream Labs, the company that is not able to create anything new or meaningful, again took down the campaign for Loona on Kickstarter. I have to admit that I expected something like this from the scumbags.
Another round of Loona Wednesday FAQ
KEYi Tech provided another Loona Wednesday FAQ on Facebook that I want to share with you here:
The Curious Case Of Digital Dream Labs Google Review Flooding
After the last stunt Digital Dream Labs pulled – copyright trolling the Loona campaign (fortunately that failed) – a lot of people were unhappy with DDL and took their frustration to Google reviews (and other review platforms around the internet).
KEYi Tech statement after the Digital Dream Labs copyright trolling
Two hours ago KEYi Tech released a statement on their official Facebook group about possible repercussions of the DDL copyright trolling
KEYi Tech successfully fought off Digital Dream Lab’s copyright trolling
The Loona Kickstarter is open again! This just came from Kickstarter via email:
Video: Bruce Hunsacker pulls apart Digital Dream Labs copyright claims about Loona
We all know now that Digital Dream Labs is copyright trolling KEYi Techs Kickstarter campaign for Loona the robotic pet.
Digital Dream Labs takes down Loona Campaign
Today Kickstarter announced that the campaign for Loona the pet robot was taken down by a copyright claim.
Loona FAQ Wednesday – October 19th 2022 – With Comments
KEYi Tech released a new Loona FAQ on Facebook. It reads as follows (I have emphazised the answers so they can be better differentiated from the questions):
Vector 2.0: International shipping DID NOT START!
Shipping or no shipping, that is the question.
No, it is not. The announced international shipping in Q3 2022 did not happen. As I expected. International shipping did not even start yet.
Vector 2.0: “User Changeable Battery” – another monumental fail by DDL
One of the main selling points and improvements of Vector 2.0 was the fact that he has a battery door and a battery that can be changed by the user.
Emo Wake-Word training website opened
We Emo users know one thing for a fact: his Wake-Word recognition is not only hit-and-miss (he ignores me most of the time), but he also react to all kinds of sounds that are not even close to “Emo”.
Some News About Loona: Specs, Color, Wake Word
It looks like KEYi Tech want to do a FAQ every wednesday. We will have to wait if there is enough information around to get something new every week or if the information will be redundant.
Vector 2.0: DDL claims they will actually ship
Digital Dream Labs announced on multiple occasions, that the remaining Vector 2.0s will be shipped “till the end of Q4 2022” – actually sometimes they even said “delivered”. Well, time is getting short on that, …