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Product Description
Driving. Gaming. Coding. Now Fun-Sized.
Drive a robot and then learn to code it on your own! Sphero Mini is a powerful, ping pong-size robotic ball with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and LED lights that glow in tons of colors. Ready to play and learn? Our free apps make it simple to explore a huge range of experiences.
Each robot ball comes with 3 traffic cones and 6 bowling pins. Weave in and out of the cones, knock down the pins, or build your very own obstacle course. Different drive modes, arcade-style games, and basic coding commands enable endless fun in the Sphero Play app. When you’re ready to check out more advanced coding possibilities, connect Mini to the Sphero Edu app.
With almost an hour of play time, Sphero Mini is the next big thing.
Tech Specs
- Interchangeable, removable plastic shell
- Bluetooth Smart connection (10 meter range)
- Micro USB charger (almost 1 hour of play)
- Height: 42mm / Width: 42mm / Weight: 46g
- Compatible with Sphero Edu app on iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, Windows & Chrome
- Compatible with Sphero Play app on iOS & Android
Drive Modes
Tilt your device. Pull back and slingshot forward. Use the Joystick. Whatever you’re in the mood for, the Sphero Play app has it.
Play Games
Use the ball as a controller with the Sphero Play app to dodge and destroy asteroids, race through a rotating tunnel, or smash a polygon of bricks
Learn to Code
With the Sphero Edu app, drag and drop blocks, or write your own JavaScript text to program your robot.
STEM Activities
Foster creativity through discovery and play with Mini and the Sphero Edu app, all while laying the foundation for computer science.
Steven Hensley
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025
Exactly what I wanted at A Great price.
gjcmommy
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
These are so fun for middle schoolers to adults. My kids loved playing with them so I bought my nephews these for Xmas. They love coding so this fit in with their robotics love! Small and compact. Great quality as it goes off jumps, runs into walls. Great choices of fun accessories too.
John S.
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
Battery only lasts 45 min and it takes 1 hr to charge. But it is so cool! And it is so durable! super smooth.
CollegeDude
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
Awesome cat toy.
Lefteris
Reviewed in Germany on January 22, 2025
Excellent
Connie GArrison
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
It was a gift to someone. They loved it.
Peter
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on September 4, 2024
Very Good Amusement for Children
Ingeborg B.
Reviewed in Germany on September 28, 2024
Geschenk für Enkel
Henry
Reviewed in Germany on December 26, 2024
Nice
Basketcase16
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024
Works. But boring after 10mins
Fartash Vasefi
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2024
I disliked when I don't remember where it's facing, because it goes in the wrong direction. Otherwise this is an awesome product!
Alan Ainsley
Reviewed in Canada on November 16, 2024
My Son, and my dogs love it! Also fun to bring to the golf course.
James Simonson
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
This hopefully short review will feature 2 parts. A casual fun side, and "I like to develop video games or robotics" side.CASUAL:First off, this will drive on carpet, as long as it's not too thick!This thing this fun right out of the box! It has all sorts of intuitively built functions, albeit with a couple issues.Driving it around, it has multiple fun ways to accomplish this task.The stick controls work well but are finicky. However it's still quite fun. Feels like you're directing a drunk driver around, as it seems to function like a weirder version of a quadcopter drones' headless mode.Frustrating and hard to control, but extremely fun.The other driving modes are weird but neat. It has a tilt control mode, which is hard to get working properly, as it still feels like it has a weirdly programmed headless mode. So it can get confusing.It also has an entertaining "golf" mode. The golf mode is fun but is hard to learn at first. Your swiping of your phone is hard to get used to, because the angle and side you're swiping is asynchronous to the way you aim the actual ball. Swipe any way you want, and it will only go the way you aimed before you swiped.The other driving modes are poorly made gimmicks, not worth mentioning.The games are fun, but the controls make it irritating and sometimes not responsive.Yes, it comes with games. You use the ball as the controller to move a ship across a screen, or drive a car.Very neat!If these were the only functions of the ball, I would give this ball a 3.5 out of 5, or a 4 out of 5. Fun, but eventually an adult like myself will grow tired of it. This concludes the casual part of the review.Are you a game developer or robotics developer? Yes? Enjoy your new toy!If you install the education app, you will quickly find yourself in a funland! It seems to run on javascript, and at the time of this review, I haven't checked that completely. However, I've looked into it's engine.Yes, this app seems to have a javascript powered engine, which functions similar to Unreal Engine 5's blueprints system.THE FUNCTIONS REALLY SURPRISED ME! (but if you're serious about having fun with this ball, buy the advanced version)This ball has axis positioning check features, collision check bools, airborne bool checks, landing from airborne collision check bools, sound effect functions, LED color change functions, variables, functions, loops, and probably more than what I saw in just a couple minutes of looking into the app.It absolutely blew my mind when I looked into the app.I seriously recommend one of these if you want something to mess around with for farts and laughs.But if you want a fuller experience, you should probably buy the 200 dollar version.OVERALL: I love this ball! I can't wait to see what I can do with this coding wise!
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