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 …
Tag: Vector
Download Vector in C4D format
Thanks to cyb3rdog, who converted the assets DDL released on Github to dae, fbx and obj, it is possible to use the animation assets in other DCC applications than Maya. I looked into them, because …
So you can now create custom Vector animations – if you are rich
DDL released a Kickstarter update about “the next phase of OSKR”. But still most of the source is missing, also tools and toolchains and of course also halfway decent documentation is nowhere to be seen. …
Escape Pod Docker image by cyb3rdog
Another amazing project by cyb3rdog (the person behind Blockly for Vector): He managed to tinker the Esacpe Pod into a docker image, that does not only run on a RasPi4, but on every OS and …
Some quick Caveats for Escape Pod
As you probably have read, DDL released a “version 1.0.0” of Escaspe pod. Personally I do not consider this a full release of the local server for the following reasons: 1. DDL says weather can …
Rollback to firmware 1.6 now officially possible
Robbie Lucas Bussard of DDL announced yesterday over multiple channels that it is now possible to officially roll back a Vector to firmware 1.6. Read the announcement below: Hello Vector users! Robbie here, from Digital …
Escape Pod “Beta” 0.4.3 released
For OSKR users there a new “beta” version of the Escape Pod was just released by Digital Dream Labs. Here are the release notes from the official support page: Escape Pod Technical Release v0.4.3 beta: …
Vector object recognition with Open AI CLIP
There’s another article by Amitabha Banerjee regarding image recognition via Open AI clip. That is a new deep learning algorithm that is able to do object recognition without the need to first train a neural …
Digital Dream Labs Open Sources Vector Voice Repositories
Earlier today I got mails from Github regarding issues I opened or commented on for Vector Web Setup. I found out that there were multiple new Vector-related repositories and wondered what those are about. Later …
Comments on the DDL livestream
DDL held a livestream on sunday 6th. Via Kickstarter it was announced in the first mail as on Youtube, but actually it took place on Zoom. Maybe someone should explain the difference between the two …
OSKR Vector: Snowglobe Animation
In the Vector SDK forums Randall Maas (of Vector bible fame) showed a way to bring back the snowglobe animation (after Vector is shaken) on an OSKR robot. That replaces the dizzy animation and I like it way …
Python: Unknown Event Type
If you code Vector via the Python SDK you may know the following problem: if you execute a Python program do do something on or with the robot you get a lot of annoying warnings: …
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 …
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 …
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, …