Anki Vector Teardown

The head assembly is made up of several plastic注塑成型部件, drive motors, and an electrical interaction component.

The head assembly consists of parts made of three different plastics (PC, ABS, PC/ABS), all with different colors and textures. Some of these molds would have needed to be fairly complex to account for the small gear teeth and other features.

The interaction assembly consists of a screen that’s used as Vector’s face, a microphone array, and a speaker.

齿轮箱中的齿轮非常小，并且具有定制的齿轮齿数，因此这些可能是模塑而不是购买。这些部件的模具必须已经微型加工，以允许在这种小部分上详细介绍。

看着载体的立方体，我们可以看到这部分有橡胶角模塑成零件。这将需要一个包覆成型的步骤以及附加材料，这将进一步添加到成本中。

While the drive arms may seem simple, the two are quite different.

Rather than being simple mirrored parts, the right arm contains several internal gear teeth and a locking mechanism to attach the arm to the robot.

The inside of the drive wheel reveals a 45-tooth internal gear that is used to drive the robot. This small part would have needed a fairly complicated mold, which would have needed micromachining to achieve the detail found in that part.

电源按钮是另一个超模粒的一个很好的例子，它用两种不同颜色的两种不同的材料。

身体底盘是向量中使用的塑料部件的复杂性的一个很好的例子。这样的零件将需要复杂的模具，以实现上述图像中看到的一些形状。

The Vector has a unique petting feature that causes the robot to “purr” when pet by its owner.

The wire has to be soldered to the board on one end, threaded through the plastic piece and glued in place, and then threaded back through onto the board to be soldered on the other end. This process is acceptable for prototyping and very low-volume production; however, it is not scalable when making hundreds or even thousands of these robots.

主板具有与Povting功能类似的接线问题。离开电路板的彩色电线穿过特殊的塑料件，该塑料件需要在焊接之前通过螺纹穿过并在末端附接插头。

This threading process is not unlike threading a needle and therefore requires a fair amount of manual labor, which is again not a scalable process.