This is how many of my colleagues' first encounters with Anki's new mini robot "Vector" went. The chirping caterpillar robot simulates a surprising number of emotions with its lovingly animated eyes, ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

The AI-powered robot in my home just figured out how to bypass the barrier I built to stop it. It’s only a matter of seconds before it’s upon me. Luckily for me, the robot in question is a Vector unit ...

Anki has been making toys that use artificial intelligence for years now, starting with the Anki Overdrive set of racing cars and the interactive Cozmo toy robot, but this year the company launched ...

I know I’m not going to have a robot zipping around my home, working through random chores, anytime soon. But is a simple autonomous companion so much to ask for? Anki’s new Vector bot wants to be ...

We're used to thinking of voice assistants as smart speakers like the Amazon Echo, or little bars that pop up on your phone. Anki is going in a different direction with its voice assistant, by putting ...

and powered by artificial intelligence. It's the smarter, more mature version of Cozmo, Anki robotics toy for children. Vector is meant to be an always on companion that wanders your counter top, ...

On the table before me are two diminutive robots, each emitting endearing little robot beeps and bloops, their screen eyes active. When I knock on the table, one of them turns to face the noise with ...

Sci-fi has long promised that robots would be living in our houses someday, helping us out and basically becoming a member of the family. But that hasn't really happened yet – after all, it's hard to ...

In my many years testing all sorts of gadgets, few things have elicited as much spontaneous joy as Anki's Cozmo, its adorable robot for kids. Mostly, that was because it had a personality. Behind all ...