We took note of said excitement, and we're back with another free Sphero funbot, a Sphero 2.0 app-controlled toy robotic ball that you can drive around and use to control all kinds of apps and games.

Sphero Mini packs tons of fun into a tiny, app-enabled robot about the size of a ping pong ball. Drive Mini using different modes with the Sphero Mini app, or just by using your face.

The Sphero app, available for iOS and Android, lets you slingshot your Mini at physical items, drive it and use it to play mini games that turn the ball into a controller.

The Sphero ball in action. Image: Sohero. You might have seen Sphero, a toy robotics company, in the news recently. Their programmable robotic ball was recently used by the creators of the newest ...

Engineers from Boulder toy maker Sphero have not only shrunk its signature round robot into one about half the size of the original sphere, the new Sphero Mini responds to user facial expressions.

New Atlas went hands on with the company's latest offering, a tiny app-connected robot ball called the Sphero Mini that's both drivable and programmable.

Ever heard of Sphero? Up until today I sure hadn't. Sphero is a robotic ball made by Orbotix that rolls around at your command through the use of apps on your ...

"Sphero BOLT is an app-enabled robotic ball that provides endless opportunities to be creative and have fun while learning.

Sphero, that cute robotic ball that proves that BB-8's underlying physics work, is more than a toy. It's a great way of teaching children how to code. Kids have made everything from sea vessels to ...

It probably helps that the Sphero robot is already a rolling and tumbling ball of fun, but it still need a bit of work to make look like BB-8. He did have to cut it up a bit to make that happen ...