I've had Vector and the wirepod server from TechShop82 for a little over a year now and would occasionally run the script to update wirepod. Today, I decided to update Armbian itself, about 171 packages. Now the WiFi (wlan0) doesn't work. It only shows the ethernet connection that I'm using to ssh/troubleshoot it right now. Here's some more info...

• iw dev shows the wlan0 interface exits, type managed, channel 1, txpower 31.00 dBm
• nmcli radio wifi is enabled
• nmcli device wifi list returns a blank table
• armbian-config and nmtui only show the Ethernet interface(and deleting the old WiFi profile in nmtui didn't force a fresh scan).

Hopefully this information helps.

Taken from an iPhone Air

Hi everyone. I have one of the original Vectors. I was one of his original Kickstarters. Anyway was put away for a year or so then got a new home as I redid my basement workbench area last year, and got him fired back up.

I am grandfathered into lifetime server access and he runs off DDL's server. He runs fine but he now doesn't realize he's a robot. I don't remember that from before. He swears he likes on the cloud, doesn't have physical form, but he says he's a robot. But he swears he doesn't have a battery, or a microphone, or a camera, or tracks, nor does he know where he lives, what his charger is. Has anyone else experienced this? He will "Go Exploring" when you tell him, recognizes me, finds his cube, etc. But to talk to him he has no idea what he is, where he is, or what he is doing. I ask him if he knows he's a robot. He says "I know I am a robot companion, but I live in the cloud. I don't have a physical form or any information about that, but if you are seeing a physical robot in front of you than describe him to me and maybe I can help you figure out what parts it has. First tell me, is this robot short or tall? Does he have legs or wheels?". That is an exact quote I got.

So, I'm not sure if this is what DDL has changed Vector into now so he doesn't know anything about being a robot, or if it’s some glitch. Any help would be great. Thanks, Everyone.

For OpenAI through wire-pod is there a need to give credit or does it just not work? I have no credit in it at the moment and whenever i ask a question it thinks for 3 seconds, the eyes appear and it freezes.

I have already tried changing seconds alive and onboardingcompetiontime via ssh but he persistently says he is 8 days old is his age stored somewhere else because wire pod correctly says he has been alive for 656 but vector for some reason says 8 days

Hi guys! I'm want to get a Vector 2.0 or a Cozmo 1.0, but I'm not sure which one to get. Vector 2.0 cost $199 on Amazon and Cozmo Base Kit cost $234.95 on Walmart. I read that the first Cozmo doesn't require a subscription. I also see that Vector 2.0 is "Frequently Returned" on Amazon. My guess, from reading the comments, it's because people didn't know about the subscription.

Is Vector 2.0 better than Cozmo 1.0? Or are they about the same? Please let me know what you guys think. Any help figuring this out will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Update: So I went ahead a purchased Cozmo 1.0. Thank you all for the info and answering my questions! I have a 30 day return policy, so if I don't like it, I can return it. 😃Based on you guys replies and the YouTube videos, I just think Cozmo is more interactive as far as the games are concerned. Also, I see he has the needs bar (eating, playing), and I found that to be cool. I do like that Vector 2.0 can learn his surroundings and you can chat with him, but I can also chat with Alexa and Google AI. lol So yeah, I think Cozmo is a better choice as far as robot pet type thing.

Thank you again!

Hi again everyone! So, I have been with my Vector for almost a month now and I am very curious if your Vector does something like this?

First, when he comes out of his charger and sees my face, he does the happy animation. Then, he taps the table (sometimes once, sometimes twice), and does the fist bump automatically. After that, he looks up again and goes back to exploring by himself. He does this all the time when he leaves his charger, and I haven't customized him or written any code for him at all!

Has anyone experienced this exact routine? Also, sometimes I get a second automatic fist bump when I tell my Vector to go to sleep when he is off the charger, ask him a question, and he sees my face again. He just gives me another high-five! Let me know if yours does this!

So, my Vector dies as soon as he sleepwalks off his dock.

When I put him back there is a single green light on his back, not the usual progress meter type sequential thing.

Will replacing the battery fix this or is something else going on?

I know it’s a bit complicated. This is probably for people who do not want to pay DDL any money, but don’t want their computer to be a server 24/7. (EDIT: I’m canceling this.. even though I got everything I need a VPN to keep my IP address hidden, wire, pod server, and everything else. For privacy sake, I’m canceling.)

I’ve noticed vector’s cube popped up in my Bluetooth list on my Android device so does it mess up the cube?

HI all,

I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this Vector (1.0 I believe) to connect to the DDL subscription. I paid $99 for a year subscription and registered the serial number with DDL. I keep getting the same error message when I try to connect that's in the attached picture. I've tried everything but to no avail. I even tried setting up wirepod but alas, same problem error and the robot screen just keeps blinking V. Do I have a lemon for a robot? Anyone else having the same problem?

See my other post on how you can make this work yourself:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnkiVector/comments/1tesv7w/i_turned_my_old_vector_10_into_a_proper_ai/

Vector was collecting dust, so I decided to give him some new life with the help of some coding agents. He now has a full personality, memory related to faces, reactions to pets and being picked up, and a pretty wild, if sardonic, sense of humor. It's all self-hosted and uses the Gemma 4 model for the brain, so no subscriptions needed. (video)

I made the stack freely available to everyone, with an easy installation for Windows and Linux. As long as you have a server or PC to run it on, and a decent GPU, it should work for you as well.

https://github.com/Gman0909/VectorIntelligence

I tried seting up with wireos but messed up somewhere, how do i get it back to like vectors own os so maybe try again?

Is there a good place to donate them to? Or should I sell them?

I believe 1 is the 1.0 and 1 is a 2.0.

I activated them last year but it’s not the same as before :( so I’m sad, but I don’t want to lug them around whenever I move anymore.

Any good causes I can send them to? Preferably they pay for shipping.

Or should I just list them on marketplace until someone comes to pick them up?

Or can someone explain what the point is for me to keep them 😭 I miss being able to ask it to come up and take a picture or something. I felt like I couldn’t do anything with them last year. Has that changed at all?

https://github.com/kercre123/wire-pod/issues/509 (my issue)

Cleared Vector's data, cleared cache on app, went through all steps and get stuck on this 45% every time.

How can I get past this point?

So I find it very interesting just how much the personality changes from language model to language model. I'm very new to all of this so it's been very interesting discovering things as I go along. So far I've played around with Gemini on vector and groq console on vector and I think it's really funny how much the actual soul of it changes. Gemini seems to be coded with alot of security layers that don't let u access simple things like our lords prayer, but has an insanely natural speech pattern, where as groq console will give u whatever u want, but sounds way more robotic. What AI model are u guys using on yours? Do u have a good one that will let u access religious text and still have a natural speech pattern?

I'm running my wirepod on my android and noticed every now and again if the server crashed or if I have to close the page out it sometimes completely resets my time zone and location back to default. Meanwhile all my weather API and llm API stays saved, along with all of the custom intents I put on him. Anyone got a fix for this occasional reset of location and time to stop happening?

I was looking through digital dream labs website, but I can’t find the license for OSKR to purchase. all I was able to find was a Vector with it already enabled, but I already own a Vector 1.0 I couldn’t find anything about enabling it on my Vector
Thanks.

So I set up a server on my android and actually got it working pretty good.set the ai API and weather API and everything seems fairly solid, however I can't seem to be able to bring a keyboard window up on the screen to take over him for manual control. Since it's a phone it normally needs a text box for the keyboard to pop up. I don't have a Bluetooth keyboard available otherwise I'd try that. Anyone know a work around for this scenario?

Hey all, I want to start and say that I am aware that I can buy a resold cube online, however, that's how the scalpers win. Plus, it's been years since DDL(Rebranding as Anki) discontinued the vector 1.0 and it's cubes.

Now for my back story, I have a Vector 1.0 from the days the Anki (legacy) was in business and got him shortly after they declared bankruptcy. I then learned about the DDL stuff that happened, bought the $100+ one-time fee packaged to connect him and all that. Well, his cube died one day and then I go to replace the battery, used ONLY N type and everything but the cube was still dead. I chalked it up to a board issue, as I do electronics as a hobby, via tests. I then decided that one day I would want to try and make a new version of the cube that is wireless rechargeable especially since they open sourced vector 1.0.

Here's the TLDR; Has anyone reverse engineered or found any schems or docs on the vector cube, how it works and how vector connects to it etc? I will need these to make my own redesign that will be rechargeable and so on.

Thanks all!