If Vector were just a cute toy, the price would actually be quite high. However, thanks to its numerous sensors, Vector also offers a good introduction to (robot) programming.

The Python SDK opens up a whole host of exciting options: It not only lets you add your own functions to Vector, but also learn Python along the way. In fact, the robot is particularly interesting ...

Vector, a tiny desktop companion robot that was both surprisingly endearing and unsurprisingly useless, met its demise earlier this year when its creator, ...

Anki will provide a Python software development kit (SDK) for Vector, as it has for Cozmo; and it may add a C# SDK so coders can write mobile apps that interact with the robot.

Anki’s Vector is currently on a Kickstarter campaign and will retail for $250 once launched in October. Early backers though, can avail the Vector for $50 off, reducing the price to $200.