If hardware is hard, robotics are next to impossible. Even so, Sphero managed an impressive feat over its first five years, growing from a small Colorado startup with a glowing, smartphone-controlled ...

It's designed to teach kids how to code, but it's OK if you want to play with it too. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating ...

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It’s hard to say precisely how Sphero’s pivot to education is going in these early stages, but it recently got an infusion of funding and is already out acquiring new startups. The BB-8 maker ...

You probably know Sphero best as the company that turned Star Wars’ lovable BB-8 droid into an awesome connected toy, capable of investigating your surroundings, as well as recording and screening ...

It’s been quite the journey for Sphero, the Colorado company best known for its app-enabled balls that teach coding, perform tricks, and make for great cat toys. In the roughly eight years since it ...

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The company’s also introducing another new droid today, although you’re likely more familiar with him: R2-D2. The company tells me that while R2-D2 toys and figurines have existed for decades, Sphero ...

Having entertained Star Wars fans with a series of movie tie-ins, Sphero's newest mini robot swaps the movie theater for the classroom. The Sphero Bolt is a programmable rolling droid with a bright ...

It's been nearly two years since Sphero introduced its app-controlled BB-8, a replica of the cute rolling droid that first appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That toy quickly became one of 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 ...