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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Orbotix has the hottest set of robot balls out there, and it's finally showing what they really look like to the public. The Boulder-based startup recently released photos and video of the final form ...

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 ...

One of the fun toys we saw at the Consumer Electronics Show last week was the Sphero, a robotic ball that can be controlled from an iOS, Windows Phone, or Android device. While Sphero isn’t due out ...

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 ...