The Orbotix Ollie is available on Amazon for less than $99 and the Darkside edition costs $50 more. This is a nice toy but honestly I still prefer the Sphero robotic ball because it is more ...

We’re going to find out in the review. I found the BB-8 familiar as soon as I took it out of the box. This is because I tried the Orbotix Sphero 2.0 Remote-Controlled Ball earlier and this is the ...

Despite quite a few articles stating Sphero was behind the technology that made the real movie BB-8 droid, like this Tech Crunch article: Sphero, makers of the eponymous spherical robots that ...

This is based on the decompiled Android Sphero app. The API docs reference a ``Bootloader Protocol Specification'' that doesn't seem to be publicly available. The bootloader has device ID 1.

The latest robotic ball from Sphero has arrived, and it's just as awesome as the previous ones. Credit: ZLATA IVLEVA/MASHABLE BOLT is the most refined product from Sphero yet, compete with ...

Plus, take note of what the bottom of the "P" looks like ... The adorable logo Orbotix uses to market its fast-paced robots, Sphero and Ollie, fits its products perfectly. A pen and paper or a "Q ...

We were then absolutely gobsmacked to find out you'd be able to buy one in toy form, from the makers of everyone's favourite iPad-controlled-ball - Sphero. It's like all of our Christmases came at ...