The Vector robot is slightly smaller than a glass of water, measuring scarcely 4-inches in length. That’s a lot of intelligence considering Vector’s size. It’s almost as if Vector is aware of the room around it, navigating obstacles, finding his own charger, and recognizing various objects. They express Vector’s emotional reactions as it goes about exploring the world, or its surprise when finding the edge of a surface. In exploring the world around it, Vector can make hundreds of synthetized sounds. This allows Vector to be capable of knowing when it’s being interacted with or moved around, and is ready to react in kind.Īnd it’s with those sensors through which Vector and its modern AI can process its environment. Features like that are made possible through Vector’s extensive collection of sensors, including a four-way microphone array for powerful directional hearing, touch-detection, and an accelerometer. It’s also capable of avoiding collusion, bumping into things, or otherwise entering hazardous environments. Through the use of a fairly advanced 3D camera, Vector is capable of remembering faces of people who it interacts with. You can even ask Vector to take a photo, simply say “cheese” and it will take care of the rest. You can ask about the weather, or set a timer to know when your laundry has finished. Once connected, you can ask about sports, astronomy, nutrition, stock market, flights, time zones, unit conversion, currency conversion, equations, and do other basic searches online. But Vector will be glad to play blackjack with you whenever you like. Though many of its best behaviors are still available offline, it won’t be able to tell you about the weather tomorrow without first logging into your Wi-Fi. You can activate its attention by saying “Hey Vector, I have a question.” You’ll find that like any voice assistant with an Internet connection, Vector is knowledgeable on a range of topics.Īnd as with an Echo, Vector works through a Wi-Fi connection. Like an Echo, Vector is always listening. While Vector isn’t sophisticated enough to start doing your taxes, there are many things it can do. It’s the underlying AI, as dictates Vector’s emotion engine, which really makes it so interesting. However, physical parts are only a part of what’s so unique about Vector. It’s is loaded with a huge variety of sensors, including multiple microphones, infrared, and touch sensors.
To create just one Vector, developers have to mash together nearly 700 distinct parts. But what really makes Vector a distinctly 21st century robot is its interlink with the cloud, allowing it to continue learning over time. Like a Roomba, it can explore the world around and avoid danger while doing its job. Like with the Amazon Echo, Vector is capable of answering questions. Or as Anki describes it, Vector is a home robot. It’s one-part amusing toy, and one-part practical accessory. Whether or not the next famous e-pet devices end up stealing your heart with cute emotes and animal-like behavior, they’re certainly a testament to what modern day robots can do. Mechanical robotics is getting better, however, it’s developments in AI which really drive these changes to interesting places.
But those kinds of robotics are actually deeply primitive compared to what’s possible today. From humble beginnings as digital keychain pets, to the simplest two-motion robots, there’s always been something specially entertaining about digital life.
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