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The processor on board is a 75 MHz ARM Cortex M4. It was released in 2011 and is a white orb that has a diameter of 74 millimetres (2.9 in) and weighs 168 grams (0.370 lb). The original Sphero was initially prototyped by its inventors, Ian Bernstein and Adam Wilson, with a 3D-printed shell and electronics taken from a smartphone. In August 2019, Sphero acquired New York City-based startup, littleBits. It has an increased focus on education, and has been released in October 2019 at $249. It is advertised as a "go anywhere, do anything programmable robot" with modular parts and all-terrain capability. On February 19, 2019, Sphero announced a programmable tank-tracked kit called the Sphero RVR (pronounced "rover") on Kickstarter. Sphero's current product lineup includes several spherical robots like the original Sphero: the Sphero Mini, BOLT, and SPRK+. The Disney products were discontinued in 2018 after their partnership ended. Following the success of that robot, Sphero also created a model of R2-D2 and Lightning McQueen. In 2015, Sphero struck a licensing deal with Disney to create a BB-8 robot based on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens film. A remastered version, the Sphero 2.0, was launched in August 2013. Their first product, the Sphero, is a white spherical robot launched in December 2011 capable of rolling around under the control of a smartphone or tablet. (formerly Orbotix) is an American consumer robotics and toy company based in Boulder, Colorado. EXTRA CHALLENGE: Drive Sphero back to you from the finish line to the start line.Sphero, Inc. Practice getting Sphero to stop as close to the finish line as possible.Ħ. Take turns aiming and driving your robot from the start line to the finish line.

Take your Sphero over to the practice driving area.

Change your Sphero's color to make it easier to keep track of which one is yours.

Sphero can travel up to 4.5 mph! You can also change Sphero's color by dragging the little white circle to a different color in the circle of colors. The blue circle on the vertical line controls the speed. From here you can drag the blue circle inside the gray circle to drive your Sphero robot. You will now be taken back to the Drive screen.

Once you have the blue tail light aimed.

Remember this is his "tail light", when it is pointing directly at you Sphero will move away from you forward. Your Sphero should be rotating around as you do this.

Move the blue circle around the outside of the circle to aim your Sphero.

Click on the Aim button as shown below.

In the Sphero EDU app click on the Drive button on the bar on the bottom of the app as shown below.

Sphero isn't the brightest crayon in the box! He must be aimed each time he starts.

This way when Sphero rolls it will roll away from you. To do this you need to adjust the blue "tail light" so that it is pointing directly at you. It's important to get this right so that Sphero will follow the path and not bump into anything. Aiming Sphero. When you set Sphero's direction to 0 degrees this is called "aiming" Sphero.

Note in the diagram below that zero degrees is directly away from the user while 180 degress is toward the user.ģ.

This makes it much easier to get Sphero robots moving in the direction you want. Get to know Sphero! One of the things that makes Sphero robots so unique is that its heading is relative to the user, not relative to the robot. Be careful to only try to connect one Sphero to one Fire Tablet at a time.Ģ.You should get a message " SPRK Connected" and Sphero's light should change to the color set on the color wheel. The Media Library has 12 Kindle Fire tablets available to borrow with the Sphero SPRK+ Power Kit. Connect Sphero. The Sphero robot is controlled and programmed using an app from your tablet or phone via Bluetooth.