You played with it for hours on end after it was first released, but by the time The Force Awakens hit theaters months later, you had probably lost interest in your Sphero BB-8. But don’t bury the ...

To charge the internal battery, place the BB-8 on an induction base that doubles as a display stand. The BB-8 uses a combination of motors, gyroscopes, and magnets to scoot around. The BB-8 looks just ...

Meet Sharky the Beaver, Sphero‘s first augmented reality character for their little robotic spheres. Over the past few months, Orbotix has been developing many new ways to use the toy. With this new ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Timing is always important and Orbotix, the company behind Sphero, have just released the ...

Sphero's made a name for itself with connected, rolling toys like the Ollie, SPRK and, perhaps most famously, the Star Wars-inspired BB-8. Of course, the company couldn't have brought its replica of ...

Did you get yourself a nifty Sphero BB-8 Star Wars droid? The app-controlled spherical robot is about the coolest tech toy we have seen hit the market in a long time. And using your phone to move the ...

Senior UK Editor — My interest in Android began with the beautiful Nexus 4 and the less-ugly-than-before Jelly Bean. Right now, I'm probably watching Black Books, playing football (soccer), or ...

Back in June 2018, Sphero acquired Specdrums, a startup that found Kickstarter success with music-making rings. As part of that deal, we knew Sphero would be working on its own version of the product, ...

Earlier this summer Apple updated its Playgrounds iPad app with the ability to control drones and robots through coding courses that help users learn Apple’s Swift software development language. Today ...

Editor's note: The rules for entering this week's giveaway are different than usual. Please read carefully. Last time we gave away a Sphero app-controlled robot, we had a lot of excited readers. We ...