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 ...

Vector, the robot companion created by defunct tech startup Anki, looks set for a new lease on life. Educational tech company Digital Dream Labs (DDL) has stepped in to give the diminutive robot a ...

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, ...

That's the first big difference. The second is how Anki is bringing Vector to market. Rather than launching directly from a retailer, the company is going after early-early-adopters via a Kickstarter ...

Robotics and AI toy company Anki has made a new robot, Vector, which looks suspiciously like its children’s bot Cozmo. The obvious difference? The bright livery has been ditched in favour of sombre ...

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 ...

Sure, home robots such as the Roomba vacuum cleaner are pretty useful, but they are still a long way from the characterful, interactive droids we were promised during a misspent youth watching Star ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

In my many years testing all sorts of gadgets, few things have elicited as much spontaneous joy as Anki's Cozmo, its adorable robot for kids. Mostly, that was because it had a personality. Behind all ...

Robotics company Anki is launching its Vector home robot today. The Vector first showed up on Kickstarter in August and received almost $2 million in funding. The Vector is the successor to Anki’s ...