We first saw Sphero, the smartphone-controlled robotic ball, at last year’s CES–but it was just a prototype then. Now it’s a product that retails for $129 and has five available free apps with ...

The Sphero ball in action. Image: Sohero. You might have seen Sphero, a toy robotics company, in the news recently. Their programmable robotic ball was recently used by the creators of the newest Star ...

The SPRK program, short for Schools Parents Robots Kids, is divided into two main segments: Core and Stem. Core is a series of lessons designed to help kids build their coding skills, both visual- and ...

Sphero’s second mini kit, Sphero Mini soccer, is inspired by the sport of soccer. Included in the kit is Sphero mini robotic ball with a soccer-ball style shell and cones. Kids can use the Sphero Play ...

Sphero made quite a splash at the just-wrapped CES: A tiny nudge on your iPhone is all it takes to send the wireless, Bluetooth-enabled ball careening across the floor. A consistently good-sized crowd ...

It's been a good week for rolling robots. Sphero, the robot ball you control with your smartphone, is expanding its reach and adding more apps that take advantage of its internal lighting and movement ...

Want the perfect gift for Dad? You need something that fathers can play with their kids. I recommend Sphero, the iOS or Android controlled robotic ball. It’s not cufflinks. It’s not a set of barbecue ...

Orbotix’s Sphero — a small robotic ball you remote-control with a smartphone or tablet — is one of those gizmos that runs the risk of being something you love for half an afternoon and then stick in ...

As odd app-controlled gadgets went, the Sphero robotic ball was probably 2011's most unusual, and now the company is back with Sphero 2.0, the next-gen version. Still a robo-ball that you can navigate ...

This is a software world: things we used to do with hardware are now handled by low-cost processors. But that means we need more and more developers to write and maintain that code, but where are ...

Sphero is a ball with a difference. While most balls are passive, merely reacting to the way you kick/throw/hit them, this one's actually a clever little robot that can control the path of its roll ...

Of all the products on display at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, one that drew a particularly large number of spectators was ... a ball. Not just any ball, mind you. Developed by Colorado-based tech firm ...