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: …
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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 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 …
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 …