Robotics company Sphero skyrocketed to popularity in 2015 with the release of BB-8, a miniature iPhone-controlled toy droid modeled after the BB-8 character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. R2-D2 is a ...

Toys, and particularly tech toys, can have very short half lives. AppleInsider has been playing with three of Sphero's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" app-controlled droids by a dad who was there in 1977, ...

Since then, BB-8 has had a couple of software and firmware updates, and has been joined by evil twin BB-9E, long-time droid hero R2-D2 and his evil twin R2-Q5 who was shown briefly in "Star Wars: ...

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 ...

R2-Q5, a special edition model inspired by the Star Wars expanded universe, features a pitch-black finish with gold accents. (Adam Wilson, Sphero’s chief scientist, described it as R2D2’s ...

There has never been an R2-D2 toy quite like this. Sphero, the company that helped bring the scene-stealing BB-8 to life in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then delivered a tiny, but lively BB-8 ...

A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY (WCMH) — Two years ago, “Star Wars” fans met BB-8, a cute orange and white droid who helped Resistance pilot Poe Dameron and burgeoning Jedi Rey in their fight against the Dark ...

The company’s also introducing another new droid today, although you’re likely more familiar with him: R2-D2. The company tells me that while R2-D2 toys and figurines have existed for decades, Sphero ...

Star Wars Episode VIII is just around the corner, and you can bet your BB unit that Disney will take that opportunity to unleash a galaxy's worth of new merchandise. Chief among them is Sphero's line ...

In the upcoming "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," a new robot named BB-9E will be part of the show. As part of a kick-off event in Australia for tomorrow's Force Friday event, Disney and robotics comapny ...

With just a few days left until the newest "Star Wars" movie comes out in theaters, R2-D2 and BB-8 decided to drop by the KCRA 3 studios for a little visit before heading to the Sacramento premiere on ...

Following the launch of BB-8 in 2015, and R2-D2 and BB-9E last month, Sphero has introduced an all-new iPhone-controlled droid ahead of New York Comic-Con, which begins today. This one is R2-Q5 and is ...