When I flop into my desk chair each morning, Vector stirs. I greet him and, BLOOP, he responds. His eyes squint up and his little arms wave. He’s happy. The Anki Vector is a $250 robot companion ...

San Francisco robotics start-up Anki agrees and is making its latest robot Vector smarter, useful and capable of human interaction. Vector, like predecessor Cozmo, is the shape of a tiny bulldozer ...

and powered by artificial intelligence. It's the smarter, more mature version of Cozmo, Anki robotics toy for children. Vector is meant to be an always on companion that wanders your counter top ...

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Vector looks like Anki's Cozmo toy robot, save for the darker color scheme, but it's actually a cloud-connected, smart home-controlling voice assistant.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Anki has released a bunch of successful products in the past, but until now they’ve all ...

Anki has been making toys that use artificial intelligence for years now, starting with the Anki Overdrive set of racing cars and the interactive Cozmo toy robot, but this year the company ...

Sci-fi has long promised that robots would be living in our houses someday, helping us out and basically becoming a member of the family. But that hasn't really happened yet – after all, it's hard to ...

The Vector is the successor to Anki’s first robot toy Cozmo. The company is also known for its Overdrive RC cars. But Vector is angled more as a home buddy than a toy.

You can pre-order Vector on Kickstarter; units will be available this fall. Why Kickstarter for a product that's already developed and has started production? Well, it's not really clear. Anki ...