" Star Wars: The Force Awakens" opens in theaters this December, but you don't have to wait until then to get up close and personal with one of the movie's new characters. Thanks to robot maker Sphero ...

BB-8, very probably the world's cutest droid, is already the breakout star of the forthcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which comes out in December. In an age of computer graphics, this little ...

The most talked about Star Wars toy to launch during last week’s “Force Friday” is the new BB-8 droid from Boulder’s Sphero (and no — it’s not the $80 one at Target stores). Sphero’s BB-8 sold out ...

Today, Disney, Lucasfilm, and robotics company Sphero finally unveiled the toy version of BB-8, the droid that's looking like the breakout hit character from the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The ...

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 Boulder immediately noticed the same thing ...

Like Sphero's other toys, the BB-8 connects to iOS or Android devices (Sphero tweeted that it's working on Windows Phone support), though there's no need if all you want to do is keep it safe in the ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

J.J. Abrams surprised and delighted Star Wars fans last week by revealing that the rolling and tumbling robot seen in the latest :Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is actually a real rolling and ...

After 18 months of stealth development, Sphero’s autonomous robot lab debuts as Misty Robotics, promising an affordable home helper in 2018. If attendees at this year’s CES took a moment to remove ...

Sphero's BB-8 Star Wars is one of the coolest Star Wars-inspired toys we've seen released this year. The "magic" behind the BB-8 robot is the way it moves, and a video teardown of the toy shows how ...

[Theo Jansen] makes awesome things called Strandbeests; wind-driven automatons that roam beaches and art galleries. It has long been one of our favorite mechanisms. Newer, but also a favorite is the ...