Credit: Nicole Gray Vector is about the size of a kitten’s skull mounted on a pair of diminutive mobility tracks. It’s the cutest little robot I’ve ever seen. And, for good reason.

Vector, a tiny desktop companion robot that was both surprisingly endearing and unsurprisingly useless, met its demise earlier this year when its creator, Anki, ran out of money and shut down.

But Anki’s follow-up, a more-capable robot called Vector, has grander ambitions. Anki wants Vector to become an essential part of your household—and more.

At the $249 retail price, you will get the Vector robot, a charging base, and an interactive cube. If you want to keep Vector contained, Anki will sell a vector space for $29.99 in October that is ...

Anki's Vector is a home robot with a personality. It can recognize voice commands, detect familiar faces, and play games -- and that's just the start.

Hey, Vector. (Vector dings) But unlike Alexa, Let's do a fist bump. [Narrator] It's got serious charm. What character allows us to do is to have people change from, Well, this is annoying that ...

A new “home robot” is coming. Vector is Anki’s latest tiny device that’s designed to recognize your face, tell you the weather, and react to its environment.

The future of the Vector social robot has been uncertain since its creator, Anki, closed down in 2019. But now a Pittsburgh firm has stepped in to give the robot a new lease of life. When it ...

Aware and reactive, Vector by Anki is so much more than just a home robot. Vector evolves with regular updates, answering your questions, taking photos for you, setting a timer for dinner, and more.

Robotics company Anki has unveiled Vector, an emotive little fella who’s basically a cross between a smart home assistant and a pet. New Atlas got a hands-on demo, and found Vector to be a ...