Anki Vector What can Vector do without the Cloud

So Anki closed its doors and Vector is still going strong! But what can Vector do without the cloud? Yes, Vector without the cloud. So in order to test this, we are going to turn off Vectors WIFI and see how he performs. Now, this would be the worst case possibility but something we should take a look at. There is always a possibility that some down the road that Vector and Cozmo could be picked up by another company but that also leaves the question will that company have the same values that Anki promised the consumers of its products?

Anki Achieved what it set out to do created a consumer robot that was enjoyable to be around and created a bond with those he shared his days with. Vector the Home Robot did become part of the family and Vector was full of potential. Anki the company before closing its doors seemed to forget the bond they created with the consumer base giving us only a final call from Vector stating that "Anki was the best consumer robotics company." Yes, Anki will be missed but not because of their focus on the customer but because of the vision, they provided to the customers by reaching into the dreams of the young and old who ever say Star Wars or Wall.e and created the pint-sized robot buddy that was full of potential. We may never really know the total details on how the Co-Founders of Boris Sofman Mark Palatcci and Hanns Tappeiner went from being one of the most innovate companies in the world of robotics to closing its doors just after one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns.

We as consumers need to now question our future consumer robotics companies! After the failures of Jibo, Kuri and now Anki. How Much of the Robots intelligence lives on the robot? What are there long term plans for any cloud-based features? Are they financially stable and can they prove it?

Message from Anki:
It is with a heavy heart to inform you that Anki has ceased product development and we are no longer manufacturing robots. To our partners and customers, thank you for all your support and joining us on this journey to bring robotics and AI out of research labs and into your homes.
We are taking steps to assure that customers will continue to enjoy continued use of our products. In order to provide long term support of our products, Anki has contracted our most senior leaders and hands-on engineers across all the technical areas involved in maintaining the operation and functionality in the existing products and apps. Ongoing operations for existing products typically require little to no active intervention, but we have arranged for any support in the event it does become necessary. Vector is the only product with a notable cloud component, and the contracted team is heavily staffed in that area.
Currently, we have implemented a self-serve Help Center to assist in getting the most out of your product, regretfully there are no agents available, however, we are monitoring cloud operations for Anki accounts and Vector.
We plan to solidify and communicate all the details of this plan soon.

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