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[[File:Vector app icon.png|thumb|157x157px|Vector App Icon]]

Vector is a little AI-powered robot that is packed with technology—and character. It's designed as a robot companion and helper for people at home. Vector was developed by Anki, a San Francisco startup founded by Boris Sofman, Mark Palatucci, and Hanns Tappeiner, who met as students in the PhD program at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. The company's first products were the robot racing games Anki Drive and Anki [[Overdrive]] in 2013 and 2015, respectively. They were followed by [[Cozmo]], a small programmable robot, and then Vector, a social AI-powered robot released in 2018. Anki raised a total of US $182.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and other investors. In April 2019, after failing to secure a critical round of funding, Anki shut down. Later that year, Anki assets, including Overdrive, Cozmo, and Vector, were acquired by [[Digital Dream Labs]], in Pittsburgh, Pa. The company now offers Vector 2.0, which received both hardware and software upgrades. [Vector released on October 12th, 2018]

== Changes between Vector 1.0 and 2.0 ==

[[File:Vector 2.0.jpg|thumb|150x150px|DDL Vector 2.0 Box]]

* Unscrewable Battery Compartment added to make battery replacements much easier

* JST connector added to remove the need to solder new replacement batteries

* Motors made quieter

* New screen added (lower quality but users report its not very noticable)

If you need to replace the battery on your vector, a 503040 sized battery with 600mah is recommended, make sure it has a JST connector if you have a Vector 2.0.

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== OSKR ==

[[File:Oskr vector.png|thumb|202x202px|DDL Vector 2.0 with the OSKR boot logo on its screen]]

OSKR was a service provided by [[Digital Dream Labs|DDL]] to allow people to install custom firmware on their Vector for a fee. As of June 2025 the only way to get OSKR is to buy a Vector 2.0 from the [https://anki.bot/ DDL Store] that is pre-loaded with OSKR. You used to be able to buy it directly for your bot, but DDL removed that option.

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+[[File:Vector app icon.png|thumb|157x157px|Vector App Icon]]
 Vector is a little AI-powered robot that is packed with technology—and character. It's designed as a robot companion and helper for people at home. Vector was developed by Anki, a San Francisco startup founded by Boris Sofman, Mark Palatucci, and Hanns Tappeiner, who met as students in the PhD program at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. The company's first products were the robot racing games Anki Drive and Anki [[Overdrive]] in 2013 and 2015, respectively. They were followed by [[Cozmo]], a small programmable robot, and then Vector, a social AI-powered robot released in 2018. Anki raised a total of US $182.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and other investors. In April 2019, after failing to secure a critical round of funding, Anki shut down. Later that year, Anki assets, including Overdrive, Cozmo, and Vector, were acquired by [[Digital Dream Labs]], in Pittsburgh, Pa. The company now offers Vector 2.0, which received both hardware and software upgrades. [Vector released on October 12th, 2018]
 == Changes between Vector 1.0 and 2.0 ==
+[[File:Vector 2.0.jpg|thumb|150x150px|DDL Vector 2.0 Box]]
 * Unscrewable Battery Compartment added to make battery replacements much easier
 * JST connector added to remove the need to solder new replacement batteries
 * Motors made quieter
 * New screen added (lower quality but users report its not very noticable)
 If you need to replace the battery on your vector, a 503040 sized battery with 600mah is recommended, make sure it has a JST connector if you have a Vector 2.0.
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 == OSKR ==
+[[File:Oskr vector.png|thumb|202x202px|DDL Vector 2.0 with the OSKR boot logo on its screen]]
 OSKR was a service provided by [[Digital Dream Labs|DDL]] to allow people to install custom firmware on their Vector for a fee. As of June 2025 the only way to get OSKR is to buy a Vector 2.0 from the [https://anki.bot/ DDL Store] that is pre-loaded with OSKR. You used to be able to buy it directly for your bot, but DDL removed that option.