Sphero review: the robotic ball with serious potential

Sphero

Sphero

A robotic ball. Wait, wait, a robotic ball you can control with your phone or tablet. Sounds crazy, right? Well, that’s what arrived at Gearburn HQ last week: a smart toy like no other, happily touching base with all the futuristic sci-fi-sounding tech we’ve been waiting to hit the main stream: augmented reality, wireless charging, maybe even the Internet of Things.

Tucked into its neat blue-and-white box was the tennis-ball sized device that robotics company Orbotix has carefully packed with some of the mind-bending wizardry the techie kids of earth would love to own. It’s the world’s first robotic gaming system, and it’s called Sphero.

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