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Vector and Cozmo

Name: Vector and Cozmo
Brand: Anki, then Digital Dream Labs

Cozmo and Vector are palm-sized robots with expressive faces, made by the San Francisco startup Anki. Anki shut down in 2019; its robots were taken over by Digital Dream Labs, which a state attorney general later sued over unfilled orders. CNBC, 8 Aug 2018

Stage 5 of 5

Regulator-cleared or mass market

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Company-reported only
Human help: None reported
Last milestone: 18 Sept 2024

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: The original company closed in 2019; the products and support are now run under the ANKI name through an online store. Anki support page, updated 21 Sept 2026
Published price: Vector: $250 at launch as of 8 Aug 2018 CNBC, 8 Aug 2018
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

18 Sept 2024
Setback
Pennsylvania's attorney general sued Digital Dream Labs. About 14,000 orders for Vector 2.0, Cozmo 2.0 and another robot were placed from 2020 to 2024, and most were never filled. No Cozmo 2.0 was delivered.
Pennsylvania Attorney General, 18 Sept 2024
5 March 2021
Setback
The planned 2020 relaunch of Vector and Cozmo slipped. Digital Dream Labs said a new distributor would get them on shelves for the 2021 holidays, and that it was making Vector open-source.
TechCrunch, 5 Mar 2021
26 Dec 2019
Funding
Digital Dream Labs, a Pittsburgh education-tech startup, bought all of Anki's assets and said it planned to make more Vectors and Cozmos.
The Robot Report, 26 Dec 2019
29 April 2019
Setback
Anki shut down and let its staff go after a late funding deal with an investor fell through. It had raised $182 million and said it had sold 1.5 million robots.
TechCrunch, 29 Apr 2019
29 April 2019
Mass market · sets the stage
Anki said it had sold 1.5 million robots since it started.
TechCrunch, 29 Apr 2019Company-reported
8 Aug 2018
Unveiled
Anki announced Vector, a small home robot priced at $250, due out that October.
CNBC, 8 Aug 2018
2017
On sale
Anki's first robot, Cozmo, was an educational robot for children. The company said it was a top-selling holiday gift in 2017.
CNBC, 8 Aug 2018Company-reported

03Promised vs delivered

What the maker said, and when

Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.

Said26 Dec 2019
Vector, Cozmo and Overdrive back on sale for Christmas 2020
Digital Dream Labs said it aimed to have the old Anki products on sale again for Christmas 2020. The Robot Report, 26 Dec 2019
Missed
In March 2021 TechCrunch reported the 2020 relaunch had not happened; in 2024 Pennsylvania's attorney general said most later orders were not filled.

04Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
Placed by: Anki said it had sold 1.5 million robots since it started (29 April 2019).
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Who owns the ANKI brand in 2026 is not stated on its support page. The outcome of the Pennsylvania lawsuit was not found. Cozmo's exact launch date (2016) was not confirmed from an opened page.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Vector and Cozmo (Anki, then Digital Dream Labs): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/anki-vector. Checked 19 October 2026.