Researching Wire-pod
Note
This page references setting up Vector in the web browser, not the initial wire-pod setup
Wire-pod Benefits
- Your Vector is not reliant on DDL. If DDL declares bankrupty, your Vector is not impacted
- No account is required
- No subscription needed
- No license needed
Vector on Wire-pod
You can interact with Vector normally such as
- Vector will respond to a request to a fistbump
- When commanded, Vector will dance. Well, maybe. Vector has always been cheeky about dancing on command.
- Vector will react to greetings
What's different about the Wire-pod setup?
- Instead of using DDL's app, Vector is setup using a web browser
- Asking Vector about the weather or answering questions requires additional setup
Setup
Setup consists of the following steps
- Connecting Vector to the web interface using bluetooth
- Putting Vector in recovery mode
- Using the web interface to load wire-pod on Vector
- Finishing the setup
If you have multiple Vectors you will go through the above steps for each Vector
Recovery mode is a special mode that allows Vector's firmware to be updated.
Setting up weather or knowledge graph is optional. After your Vector is setup with wire-pod, you can come back at anytime to set weather and knowledge graph up
Just know that Vector won't respond correctly to questions about the weather or be able to answer questions
If you skip weather setup and ask Vector about the weather, Vector will respond but the answer you receive could be "inventive"
Vector responded with an answer of a temperature of 120 celsius and snow - LOL
YouTube Setup videos
Techshop 82 has two good videos showing the wire-pod Vector setup process
T95 mini wire-pod setup for Vector robot