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Sphero is a robotics company founded 2010, based in United States, developing 8 robots primarily in the Education category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Sphero has raised US$12.0M across 1 confirmed round and has 1 known customer, not yet tied to a specific model.
Raised
US$12.0M
across 1 confirmed round · latest Jun 2018
- Jun 2018· US$12.0M· FinSMEs ↗Correct this round
Confirmed rounds recorded from January 2017. Every amount links to its source.
Correct this →Shipped
1 known customer — no deployment yet tied to a specific model
Used by
Named in a public source that did not say which model
- Department of Defense· United Statesusaspending.gov
Also cited
- 40,000+ educators across 20,000 education institutionssphero.com ↗
Coding robots and STEM kits for PK-12 learners.
Sphero, Inc. is a U.S.-based consumer robotics and educational technology company in Boulder, Colorado that makes coding robots and STEM kits for PK-12 learners, including indi, Sphero Mini, and BOLT Coding Robot. Its products are positioned for classrooms and early learners, with screen-free and app-based programming options.
Company facts
- HQ
- Boulder, United States
- Founded
- 2010 · 16 yrs
- Employees
- 101
- Website
- sphero.com
RoboScore
59.51 RoboScore + 0.20 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #9 of 42·Education·best robot 54.99 + depth 3.33 + news 0.20 = total 58.52
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Awards & recognition
- TIME's 100 Best Inventions of 20212021sphero.com ↗
Milestones
Sphero was founded as Orbotix in Boulder, Colorado.
Press coverage
- Sphero
Wikipedia
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
+0.20momentumof 15 maxRemote Control Controlled Robot Mini Sphero Walmart Programmable Sphero Mini Shop Deliver
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Sphero has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
US makers file into registers that compel reporting — device adverse events to the FDA, driverless crashes to NHTSA, workplace deaths to OSHA. A maker with no record here has genuinely not had one filed against it.
Active products by Sphero
8 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | RVR+ | Education | Payload 0.9 kg·Top speed 2 m/s | $339 | 2019 | 59.2 |
| 2 |  | RVR | Education | Payload 0.9 kg·Top speed 2 m/s | $200 | 2019 | 58.7 |
| 3 |  | Mini | Education | Top speed 0.9 m/s·Runtime 1 hr | $50 | 2017 | 57.9 |
| 4 |  | littleBits | Education | Top speed 1 m/s | — | 2019 | 57.6 |
| 5 |  | Indi | Education | Top speed 1.6 m/s·Runtime 1 hr | — | 2021 | 55.0 |
| 6 |  | Sphero indi Robot (Single Unit) | Education | Runtime 1 hr | $150 | 2021 | 54.1 |
| 7 |  | BOLT+ | Education | Top speed 2 m/s·Runtime 3 hr | $137 | 2024 | 53.8 |
| 8 |  | BOLT Coding Robot | Education | Top speed 2 m/s·Runtime 2 hr | $179 | 2024 | 53.0 |
Education buying guides
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