Anki's Vector is a home robot with a personality. It can recognize voice commands, detect familiar faces, and play games -- and that's just the start.

The fundamental advance for Vector is that he’s autonomous in a way that Cozmo isn’t. Anki’s first robot was a bit like the Mechanical Turk –a robot built in 1770 to play chess against humans.

Anki is back. Two years after launching Cozmo and five years after launching Anki Drive, the company is introducing a robot for the home. Vector is not a toy but rather a joyful, smart home robot ...

It’s charming, smart, and it’s mobile. The question is: Can Vector succeed where other home robots have failed?

Anki's Vector probably won't win you over as a traditional smart device, but its personality will melt your heart.

Anki engineers are training robots to recognize the felines in people’s homes.

Anki's Vector has a winning personality, and the small robot is built for durability. But it's weak on answering questions and lacks a real purpose, other than distraction.

What sets Vector apart from other domestic robots is its vast capacity for personality; for example, it responds to human touch and can learn the names of the people it sees, and with a hi-res ...

Amazon is selling Anki's Vector smart robot for $175 today, 30 percent its list price and the lowest price we've ever seen.