We have seen some truly amazing things in the field of robotics, like a dog that can walk itself and a stickman robot that can perform acrobatics. Those are nifty, though not exactly practical for ...

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It’s been roughly two years since Sphero — the folks behind 2016’s adorable BB-8 robot — announced Sprk+, a plastic, programmable, app-enabled robot ball that teaches coding. In the intervening months ...

Colorado-based startup company Sphero unveiled the Sphero Bolt on Monday, which is an upgraded version of the classic Sphero and the Sphero Spark+. The Sphero Bolt is built in with an 8 x 8 LED screen ...

Boulder-based robotics builder Sphero Inc. announced Monday the launch of a new robotic ball called Sphero BOLT. The device, which is accompanied by the Sphero Edu application, includes animated and ...

The Bolt also features 360-degree infrared communication so several Bolts can talk to each other even when rolling around and on the move. The Sphero Bolt is the company’s latest programmable toy that ...

Sphero today announced the "Bolt" robotic ball, which is aimed at teaching kids basic programming with its advanced sensors, LED matrix, and infrared communication that lets it interact with other ...

Sphero has announced another rolling ball robot called the Sphero Bolt. The Sphero Bolt follows in the company’s ethos of having a commitment to education-based products, but it comes with some ...

Kids today are pretty spoilt when it comes to how advanced toys are getting. Robots, drones and augmented reality are all the rage, and if you're lucky you can trick them into learning some useful ...

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Sphero has a new robotic ball, and it's noticeably livelier and more colorful than its older models. The Sphero Bolt will look like the SPRK+ at first until its 8x8 LED Matrix starts moving and ...