The future of mobile gaming is bright. And round. And rolls on the ground while you steer it from the comfort of your smartphone. At least, that's Orbotix's vision of the future. The company first ...

With the launch of the original Sphero, Orbotix gave the humble ball a technological upgrade. It was a smartphone-controllable robotic toy which could be driven around like an RC car via Bluetooth, or ...

Orbotix’s Sphero — a small robotic ball you remote-control with a smartphone or tablet — is one of those gizmos that runs the risk of being something you love for half an afternoon and then stick in ...

Robots used to feature mostly in feared dystopian futures. These days they've become a shorthand for anything electronic with a personality. Even though Sphero isn't technically a robot at all ...

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - September 05, 2013) - Orbotix, makers of Sphero, today demonstrated an obsession with internal electronic aesthetic design by revealing the robot inside their magical ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - August 14, 2013) - Orbotix, the makers of Sphero, today announced the reinvention of the ball. Again. Sphero 2.0 is the world's first app-controlled robotic ball and game ...

As odd app-controlled gadgets went, the Sphero robotic ball was probably 2011's most unusual, and now the company is back with Sphero 2.0, the next-gen version. Still a robo-ball that you can navigate ...

Orbotix has released Sphero 2.0, a better-faster-stronger version of the robotic ball that you control with your smartphone. When they came by our offices in 2011, the Orbotix team introduced us to ...

Orbotix Sphero 2B, unveiled at CES 2014, is super fast and uber cool. The new version of the company's original Sphero robot is a cylindrical toy that can zip around very fast on its pair of wheels.

At first glance, Sphero 2.0, is a remote-controlled car for the 21st century. An electronically-enhanced ball the size of an orange, it whizzes around your house (or the great outdoors) based on the ...

Orbotix’s new Sphero 2B toy is a bit like an "S" model of an iPhone. The smartphone-controlled toy, which ships this fall, still lets you whip around your living room with reckless abandon. But as a ...