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Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Super Cute Droid Review

Others/Miscelleneous by stefan @ 2015-12-11

BB-8 is a droid which appears in the latest Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie and thanks to Sphero and their cooperation with Lucasfilm and Disney Consumer products, we are able to have a smaller version of it in our homes, which sports some of the features which we have seen in the trailers of the well-known episode of the series. Sphero has built BB-8 on the proven platform of their other droids so the final result is a fully-fledged app-controlled robot which can be driven in a manual mode, comes with a “Patrol” automatic mode and can also display holographic clips (up to 12 seconds long) via the augmented reality feature of the application. Sphero has also mentioned that they will continue to update the robot and add more interesting features to it, near the date The Force Awakens will be released and also afterwards.

Introduction

At first we would like to thank Coolblue online shop and Sphero for offering us a sample of the Star Wars BB-8 Droid for testing and reviewing.

About Coolblue:

“Coolblue has started as a small company; now it is an online shop with more than 327 specialty shops and seven physical stores. Since their inception in 1999 their only aim was to make people happy on their purchases and have an obsessive focus on customer satisfaction. With over 1200 employees, they work hard to surprise their customers.”

About Sphero:

“Founded by passionate robotics engineers, and based in Boulder, Colorado, the Sphero team takes their playtime very seriously. Starting out as a single robotic ball, Sphero has created a movement within the toy industry where people of all ages now expect more from their toys. We call this movement Connected Play, where players will be able to upgrade their play in ways previously unavailable.

As our flagship product, Sphero paved the way for us to create the best experience in the connected toy industry – fusing the latest technology in robotics with the most creative and engaging software.

Leading the 21st century toy experience, we will continue to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual worlds with our app-controlled toys – creating exciting and amazing experiences in entertainment, play, and education.”

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