Sphero's robotic smart balls roll the CES showfloor

SAN FRANCISCO--Robots at CES came in a multitude of shapes and sizes, but one of the smaller, friendlier looking devices was Sphero, the world’s first smartphone controlled robotic ball.

Sphero, which weighs in at just 168 grams with a 74mm diameter is controlled using Bluetooth from either an Apple device or Android smartphone, with a range of up to 50 feet.

Inside it, the control system includes a gyro, accelerometer and compass to form a mini navigation system which can determine Sphero’s position in three dimensional space.

The balls also contain multi-colored LED lights, capable of producing thousands of colors, and can reach speeds of up to three feet per second.



Sphero's robotic smart balls roll the CES showfloor

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