So why not a plastic ball? I can only assume that’s what Orbotix thought when it developed Sphero, a baseball-sized ball that you drive around using your iOS or Android device. It sounds ...

At least, that's Orbotix's vision of the future. The company first released its Sphero robotic toy in 2011. Now, the ball is back – the newly updated Sphero 2.0 is ready for a second trip around ...

There has never been an R2-D2 toy quite like this. Sphero, the company that helped bring the scene-stealing BB-8 to life in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then delivered a tiny, but lively BB-8 ...

If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Sphero Mini is not only the tiniest robot ball we’ve ever seen, it’s also the first one you can ...

A "Sphero 2.0 Revealed" version, which features transparent sections on the cover to display the inner workings, will be available exclusively from the Apple Store for the same price.

Thanks to robot maker Sphero, fans can buy their very own version of BB-8, one of the astromech droids from the movie. Watch this: Cracking Open: Sphero BB-8 Star Wars toy 05:17 I got my hands one ...

Sphero's been making iPhone-connected ball-shaped robotic toys since 2011, and while the company has been successful with the original Sphero and the Ollie, it stumbled on a major hit this year ...

Call the force Bob — as in Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger, who accelerated Sphero’s year-long quest to turn the new BB-8 droid into the most talked about toy spun out of the coming-soon “Star ...

Like Sphero's other toys, the BB-8 connects to iOS or Android devices (Sphero tweeted that it's working on Windows Phone support), though there's no need if all you want to do is keep it safe in ...

Sphero, the maker of connected toys like BB-8, announced this week that it’s acquired Specdrums, a company that makes rings that produce music through taps on different colors. We don’t know ...

Sphero last summer acquired a company called Specdrums, which made finger-worn rings that are designed to turn colors into music. Specdrums are now being sold under the Sphero brand, and are now ...

Though Sphero released its first rolling robot way back in 2011, the company is probably best known for the BB-8 droid it released before Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens hit cinemas in ...