Design and Components

Vector is a palm-sized robot, and its overall design is the same as Anki’s previous robot toy Cozmo. The vector is made of black plastic. His body is filled with various sensors and electronic devices that can detect and respond to the surrounding environment.

Vector’s four wheels are covered with tank-like pedals, allowing him to traverse smooth floors and carpets, and his movable forearms allow him to interact with the cube and increase his various expressions.

Most of Vector’s personality is shown through his small front panel, which is always on and where his eyes are. The display allows Vector to show different emotions. The animated eyes are always moving, moving, blinking, and narrowing when thinking, worrying when detecting the edge of the table, opening wide when looking at you, and splitting when falling asleep.

When Vector answers questions, the display also changes. It can use to provide weather conditions or display the time when Vector asks these questions. Vector’s head component moves independently of the body, allowing him to adjust what he is looking at and feel what he sees.

There are many sensors and electronic devices in Vector that allow to experience the world around him. To understand the situation around him, Vector used a high-definition camera and heard a four-microphone array.