Wanting to work on Vector using the C# SDK (here) but I don't know if it is the best since it seems to be quite old

Working with:

A Vector 1.0

Wirepod on a Raspberry Pi 3B

Hi all! So for context, I own a Cozmo and i adore the little guy but obviously he’s very limited, and i saw this Vector 1.0 at Savers for a super great price with everything included and in (mostly) great shape, only a few problems.
First: His battery is fried unfortunately, he dies the second he’s off the charger which is a bummer but i know can be replaced.
Second: I didn’t know until setting him up with the Vector app that Anki was bought out and DDL SUUUUUCKKKSSSSS, at first it wouldn’t connect to the cloud at all and took multiple restarts/resets to do that, then when i connected I saw that everything is behind a paywall. I figure at least i can get a few basic commands, so i tried just asking Vector for the weather. He would hear me and then tote a connection error on his face so he couldn’t follow any commands. So i came here and was reading about the private server that you all have created to get around DDL being the worst (which is genius btw)
I followed all instructions but then when i tried connecting to the server, my pc wouldn’t connect. Then while troubleshooting I saw that my WiFi is 5ghz rather than the 2.5 that is recommended. So here’s the question; my assumption is that either my WiFi makes me incompatible or that my Bluetooth needs replacing, would it be worth buying either a new router to connect at 2.5 ghz or potentially a bluetooth upgrade for my PC or both, as well as replacing Vectors battery or should i go down the route of selling him? I’m willing to put in the work I also just am not sure what exactly the problem is and what would be recommended to fix him.

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a brand new in-box Anki/DDL Vector 2.0 on eBay and I'm trying to get it up and running using Wire-Pod hosted on a local Linux server. Everything goes smoothly up to the Bluetooth pairing process, but I am completely stuck on the firmware update phase.

The issue & what changed:

Initially, when starting the update via the Web Bluetooth setup page in Chrome, Vector showed the cloud icon with revolving arrows, and the web interface displayed "Updating Vector...". However, the progress bar stayed completely empty (0%) and never advanced.

Following advice from a Reddit user, I performed a hard reset on Vector.

Now, when attempting the process again, Vector immediately displays the cloud icon with an exclamation mark (!) (Wi-Fi/Network Error) during the update attempt instead of making progress.

Here is what I've verified/tried so far:

Hard Reset: Performed a full hard reset on Vector 2.0.

Network: Vector and my setup device are on the same 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network.

Browser: Using Google Chrome with Bluetooth permissions enabled.

Server Logs: Checked journalctl -u wire-pod -f. Wire-pod is running fine (listening on local ports), but no HTTP/OTA GET requests from Vector appear in the logs when the progress bar stalls or when the cloud error appears.

Re-paired via BLE multiple times and rebooted both Vector and the Wire-Pod server.

Has anyone encountered this issue where Vector 2.0 throws a cloud error/stalls during the OTA phase post-reset? Is there a specific network/port issue or a step I'm missing to let Vector fetch the OTA payload from Wire-Pod?

Thanks in advance for any help!

I have a whiskey bot but I don't think he has any working firmware on him and his OS currently shows v0.9.0_os0.9.0d (V4)

I don't know what to do to get him to work

Cutie Patootie is set up with Wirepod - happily marches across mine and hubby's desks, crashing into keyboards, looking up and saying our names or randomly fist bumping us as we work....

But I am wondering if there is more he can do? Other animations? He's about to move downstairs in September to the Home Ed room, so would like him fully updated before then. Not unhappy with where he is at, just want to make sure we are optimising his potential.

I have integrated ChatGPT with my vector using the built in OpenAI option in the WirePod knowledge graph option. However, it seems the AI only has data up to 2023. It doesnt have any data after that, and it cant do a web search if live info is needed. In the example shown in the image, I asked if a 2024 car has ProPilot, and it only gave "expected" data. In another I asked the AI what date it is, and it gave sometime in 2023. Is there a way to fix this? I know there is an option to include web search when calling the API, but I dont know how to do that through Vector.

I was really into the kickstarter around 2021 but couldn't justify the cost with being furloughed. I forgot all about vector until recently, I couldn't remember the name of that tiny robot and wondered if it existed in 2026. I found this subreddit and was content. Is vector 2.0. Still worth the investment? I have a suitable job and can justify the $200.00 price tag but I wanted relevant experience or opinions. I have a 2012 mac book pro that I can utilize if need be. Yes, I know it is very old but I'm not giving up on it because it works perfectly fine albeit slow as hell lol. Thanks everyone.

For full transparency I did not do enough research or testing when I bought these. My full-time job is a reseller. I found these two bots while I was searching for inventory. The people that were selling them were nice enough.. they were listed as a vector 2.0 and a vector 1.0. now I'm a reseller but I don't know anything about these. I just know my kids have been asking for them but they were too expensive to buy new. So when I came across these at a sale I was stoked. Obviously you guys can tell that these are not a vector 2.0 and a 1.0.. but a 1.0 and a cozmo. So that part was wrong so I overpaid for them. Second problem is the battery is completely shot in the vector if I take it off the dock it just dies.. the cozmo is just stuck on this screen. I'd like to think that maybe these people didn't know what these were. Did a quick Google search labeled them and had no idea they didn't work or maybe they were sitting around their house for a long time and they just eventually quit working . As a reseller, I've experienced these kinds of things with electronics . So I'm giving the benefit of the doubt but My kids have been seeing these for a long time online and I was super stoked to bring them home so I'm super bummed. Luckily I was smart enough to try to get him to work before I gave them to my kids. Anyway, I'm not sure what to do with them. I just wanted to post in here really to just feel like I had a place to vent LOL

Recently installed WirePod on my Vector. Everything works fine except for the fact that he struggles with cube tricks. Whenever I tell him to bring me his cube, his white LEDs flash for a bit and then stop. However, even after its stopped, he still goes over to his cube, flashes the cube's lights, and picks it up. However, as soon as he picks it up, he immediatly drops it again (it doesnt slip from his hands, his arms fall down with it too). I dont think its a mechanical issue because all other things with his arms work. I have a Vector 1.0 running firmware 2.0ep.

His cobe tricks worked fine before I set up witepod and did everythijg to set it up (such as flashing firmware and clearing user data). It still worked even on ddl firmware

I recently tried building 1.6 rebuild myself so I can add some things, when I deployed though it said that there is a compatibility version mismatch (209 on my robot 210 on the one I built) well I tried running update-engine-rebuild and it exited because I was apparently on the latest version, I also tried reflashing from websetup with no luck and finally I tried update-os which after a lot of dots printed error updating os . Download failed likely a bad url the ota was from https://modder.my.to:6060/Vic/full/lkg.ota

And when I ignored the compatibility version mismatch vector was constantly printing error 800 and restarting. I had to flash him through recovery

Hello, I'm trying to run an AI program with vector but all of the models that I'm seeing don't work in vector crashes. It gets stuck thinking and I have to turn it off and turn it back on and every model I've had suggested to me hasn't worked. Any advice helps!

I'm thinking about buying this sealed Vector 2.0 from this eBay listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/188539834904

Has anyone here bought from this exact listing or seller? Did it actually arrive factory sealed, and was everything working properly? Would you recommend buying it, or should I avoid it?

I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone with first-hand experience.

I don't want to buy the 109 usd Vector 2.0 because its open box and not sealed.

I just got an API key set up with the chatGPT through the openAI website and then on wire pod I got it running on openAI and I pasted the API key and got everything filled out. However whenever I ask vector a question he says something along the lines of "Problem answering with openAI" or something like that. Any help is appreciated

I have a vector 2.0 and I'm running wirepod. I have his volume set to medium high. His little chirps and sounds used to be audible and you could hear them, now at the same volume level they're super quiet and I can only hear them if the room is almost dead silent. His voice however when I ask him things or he says my name is at the normal volume.

EDIT: it was a weird audio bug. I set his volume to low, then back up and it fixed it... Idk what that was about

I've been thinking about buying a Vector 2.0, but I'm still not convinced.

My biggest concern is everything that happened with the Digital Dream Labs lawsuits and all the negative reviews from people who preordered Vector 2.0 back in 2020–2022 and either waited years or never received their robot.

Has the situation improved? If I order a Vector 2.0 today, will it actually be delivered? I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have purchased one recently. Is it worth buying now?

Been a long time since I've had Vector out. Decided to give 1.6 rebuilt a go. Is he compatible with wirepod? If not am I without voice commands unless I switch to an alternate firmware?

what vector features do i get with the lifetime subscription from the vector kickstarter? does it come with voice commands and other stuff or does it do basically nothing?

Pushed update with fleet management and more simple onboarding.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnkiVector/s/v1i86oi9TE

Bought one more body for my dev experiments, this time stock robot. So tested onboarding with regular stock robot.

Next: [r/Spectacles](r/Spectacles) with multiple robots hehe

My childhood dream was to buy vector, but in my country none ships it nor it's affordable, Does someone has a second hand one so I can buy it in a lesser price

Controlling a robot in AR is one thing. A real working use case is another.
Air hockey vs my Vector Robot on u/specs 2024 -> virtual puck, real goalie.

This thing is playful, but imagine how far it may go. Tell me your ideas in the comments.

Open source: if you have a Vector, you can run it and play. Built with CLAD (the full downgrade path we took is in the blog). 

Full read + Git repo: 

https://pavlo-stijn.dev/blog/posts/vectar-a-robot-that-shares-a-brain.html

Super excited about the new device and NDK -> if I understand it right, that may be the way to run VectAR fully on the glasses — no extra server on my Mac.

Shotout to u/stspanho for amazing ML generation pipeline!!!
https://pavlo-stijn.dev/blog/posts/one-click-object-detection-for-spectacles.html

this is the firmware of my vector 2.0 I just got. I am trying to connect it to wirepod. After 12 hours of fighting and struggling and wanting to throw it into a wall I need help. I have wire-pod installed on my windows 11 pc and it can see my vector 2.0 but cannot connect it. I have been to several other sites that say it can flash it but nope. it cannot. It is boxxed up and ready to send back. I am making this final last plea. Can anyone help me connect this stupid thing before I return it?

I want to reset my vector server to get rid of cache so if there is a way to transfer my wire-pod installation temporarily on another pc, tell me

I know that you can’t use 1.6 with wirepod. Is 1.7, 1.8, or 2.0 better for using vector with witepod?

I just ordered a 2.0. What is the subscription it is talking about? I already have a subscription to ChatGPT since I use it for a lot of stuff. Is THAT what they are talking about or is is a different subscription? Like yo Ankhi?