Vector

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.

Changes between Vector 1.0 and 2.0

• 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

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