But before you see all these, you have to set up Vector. In total there are 1,500 expressions that have been developed by a 12-strong animation team - this time lead by Dei Gaztelumendi, Character Lead at Anki, who was previously at Paramount Pictures. Vector builds on what was learned from Cozmo but has had its own character developed from scratch. To do this for Cozmo, it brought in Carlos Baena, an animator who used to work at Pixar. The emotive responses that come from these facial expressions, coupled with some nice sound effects, make this a great robot companion.Īnki has worked hard to make sure that the facial expressions are unique. Putting a screen and eyes on this thing was a great move by Anki. Straight off, this is a charming little robot. There's no doubting that Vector has personality. Performance: What it does is great but more is needed But the robot is made from 700 components, which is double what was found on Cozmo. Again, having a similar chassis to Cozmo doesn't do Vector many favors when trying to understand how much has changed between this and Cozmo. MORE: The Best Robot Vacuums to Clean Your PadĪlso on board is an HD camera (that can see 120 degrees), an OLED screen to house all of Vector's facial expressions, and a bevy of light and infrared sensors. The robot comes with a quad-core, 1.2GHz Qualcomm SoC, so there is some power in its diminutive frame. And compared with Cozmo it is, on paper at least, impressive. When I met up with Anki earlier in the year to talk to them about Vector, a big onus was put on the processing power Vector has.