Sphero
Sphero is a robotic ball that you control by touching and tilting your smartphone or tablet. You can drive the robot around, play tabletop games with it, or hold it to use it as a gaming controller.
- Creator
- Year
- 2011
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
President Obama drove a Sphero during a visit to Boulder, when he said, "Give me some space to drive my ball!"
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Specs
- Overview
Cable-free induction charging cradle. Bluetooth with range of 15 m (50 ft). Compatible with iOS 4.0+ or greater or Android 2.2 or greater.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2011
- Website
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 7.3 cm
- Length
- 7.3 cm
- Weight
- 0.15 kg
- Speed
- 4 km/h
- Sensors
Three-axis MEMS accelerometer and three-axis MEMS gyro.
- Actuators
Two brushed DC motors with velocity feedback
- Materials
POM plastic chassis with polycarbonate shell.
- Compute
72-MHz ARM Cortex-M3. Bluetooth coprocessor for wireless connectivity.
- Software
Real-time architecture; custom bootloader for over-the-air firmware updates; full API and SDK for iOS and Android.
- Power
Two lithium-polymer batteries, inductively recharged; 1 hour of operation.
- Cost
- $130