Design your personalized robotic experience

The makers of Vector, Anki, put a lot of time and effort in designing a robot which is tailored to be your companion at home. (Vector and…

The makers of Vector, Anki, put a lot of time and effort in designing a robot which is tailored to be your companion at home. (Vector and other Anki assets are now owned by Digital Dream Labs). But what if you wanted your own robotic experience. There are several reasons you might want Vector to do better things for you than what Anki provided. Here are some examples.

1. Weather Report: When you ask Vector “How is the weather today?”, the answer is usually lame. Vector tells you the current temperature and conditions. But what you may really want is a more detailed report with indicators of whether it might rain or snow today, the wind speed, etc. There are lots of public APIs that provide you the information. It would be cool for Vector to animate the same to you.

2. Play your own game: When you say “Play Blackjack”, Vector starts a game of blackjack. But you might want to play your own game. There are many games that you can play with Vector via the Vector SDK. One example is here: https://…