Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Boulder toy-robot maker Sphero has tapped its engineering force to bring to life the robot the world has loved for 40 years: R2-D2. The iconic Star Wars ...

This week’s 9to5Rewards partner is Wellbots, a US-based online retailer that specializes in smart products like drones, robots, wearables, home automation devices, connected toys and more. The company ...

Sphero, the company behind a popular series of remote control Star Wars toys, is spinning off a new company that will focus on military and law enforcement robotics. Credit: Denver Post via Getty ...

Boulder-based robotics company Sphero has unveiled new toys sure to be best-sellers this holiday season. Star Wars fans snapped up over a million BB-8 robotic toys with the 2015 release of "Star Wars: ...

Sphero's Force Band for BB-8 is the best example of going above-and-beyond the call of duty I've ever seen in a Star Wars toy. And I've seen a lot of Star Wars toys. While there are some mightily ...

Star Wars isn’t a brand with a shortage of merchandise in its honor. Just as budding pilots will soon get to live out the epic dogfights that permeate the films, those who wish to have their own droid ...

A new toy from robotics firm Sphero offers a hint of the drama in the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi (set for release on December 15). The new walking, talking droid, BB-9E, is the evil twin of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As BB-8 rolled out for its big-screen debut in 2015’s “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens,” an audience of Sphero employees inside Century Theatre in ...

If hardware is hard, robotics are next to impossible. Even so, Sphero managed an impressive feat over its first five years, growing from a small Colorado startup with a glowing, smartphone-controlled ...

It's been nearly two years since Sphero introduced its app-controlled BB-8, a replica of the cute rolling droid that first appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That toy quickly became one of the ...