How much fun can you pack in a 3 inch sphere? The Orbotix Sphero is the first robotic ball gaming system that you can control by tilting, touching, or swinging your smartphone or tablet. You can even use it as a controller for on-screen gameplay. Play lots of fun games, indoors and outdoors, while multi-coloured LEDs let you change it into thousands of colours.
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- It starts with a sensor network - multi-axis rate gyro and accelerometer - fused together with the same kind of math that took Apollo to the moon
- Powered by lithium polymer batteries that are inductively recharged through the shell and add a Bluetooth-based command and control data link
- Finally, mix in over-the-air firmware updates and internally sandboxed language extensions and you have a true robot that is an intelligent component of a smartphone app-based gaming, learning, and human-machine interaction system
- Driving Sphero from the central app is just the start; an open API for iOS and Android invites developers around the world to dive right in
- Great for playing indoors or outdoors: have fun at the beach, on the sidewalk, or even in the pool
- Downloadable single- or multi-player apps give you fun new ways to play
- Play games on your smartphone or tablet by using Sphero as a controller
- Bluetooth controlled robotic ball with 50 foot plus range
- Multi-coloured LED capable of producing thousands of colours
- Reach speeds of up to 3 feet per second with precise control
- Internal guidance system including gyro and accelerometer
- Induction charging