EMO vs Vector 2.0
The two desk robots compared most often anywhere. What decides it is not the price on the box but what happens every month afterwards.
Vector 2.0
Digital Dream Labs
The desk robot that started the whole category, back in a second version, with a membership you cannot opt out of.
$199.99
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Which one to buy
Choose EMO if
you want to pay once and be done: EMO walks, talks and knows your face with nothing monthly attached.
Choose Vector 2.0 if
you want the one that drives itself back onto its charger and has Alexa built in, and a monthly fee does not put you off.
Vector costs eighty dollars less to buy and then $11.99 a month, or $99.99 a year, before it responds to your voice at all. EMO asks for nothing after purchase, but in the base version you lift it onto its charger yourself and the power adapter is not in the box. Both want Wi-Fi for the talking. Digital Dream Labs publishes no measurements for the 2.0 and ships only within the United States.
Side by side
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price | $279 | $199.99 |
| Status | Buy now | Buy now |
| Age | No rating | No rating |
| Kind | Desk robot | Desk robot |
| Talks | Talks with AI | Talks with AI |
| Connection | Needs internet | Needs internet |
| Phone required | No | No |
| Subscription | None | $11.99 a month |
| Moves | Moves on a desk | Moves on a desk |
| Face screen | Yes | Yes |
| Touch sensors | Yes | Yes |
| Coding | No | Not published |
| Noise | Quiet | You will hear it |
| Battery | Not published | Not published |
| Size | 11.7 x 9.4 x 6.6 cm | under 10 cm, wheels |
| Weight | 0.248 kg | Not published |
| Ships to | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, EU, Australia, UAE | United States |
| Best for | For yourself | For yourself |
Prices in US dollars from the makers' own stores. A blank means the maker publishes no figure and we did not invent one.
What each one is good at, and what it is not
EMO
- Walks on your desk and avoids edges
- Face and voice recognition
- ChatGPT chat, music, dances
- Base version must be placed on charger manually
- Charger brick not included
- Needs Wi-Fi for most features
Vector 2.0
- Recognises faces and drives back to its own charger
- Answers questions through ChatGPT or Claude, with Alexa built in
- Reacts to touch, to sound and to being picked up
- Voice does nothing without the paid membership
- Digital Dream Labs publishes no size, weight or battery figures for the 2.0
- The maker ships from the United States only
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Questions people ask
Which is cheaper, EMO or Vector 2.0?
Vector 2.0, at $199.99 against $279 for EMO, both taken from the makers' own stores. Regions and sales move these figures.
Do EMO and Vector 2.0 need Wi-Fi?
EMO: Needs internet. Vector 2.0: Needs internet.
Is there a subscription for EMO or Vector 2.0?
Vector 2.0: $11.99 a month. EMO needs no plan.
Which one suits a child better, EMO or Vector 2.0?
Neither maker publishes an age rating. Treat both as adult purchases that a child can share.
Where do EMO and Vector 2.0 ship?
EMO to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, EU, Australia and UAE. Vector 2.0 to United States.