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Get to Know RVR+: Sphero’s Most Customizable Robot for Beginner to Advanced Programmers
Sphero Session: Coding and Engineering with RVR+
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Overview
RVR+ is Sphero's most customizable robot built for middle and high school classrooms where students tackle real-world challenges through code. It features real sensors including color sensor, light sensor, IR, gyroscope, and accelerometer. Students start with block-based coding in the Sphero Edu app and progress to text programming in Python or JavaScript. RVR+ connects with third-party hardware like Raspberry Pi or micro:bit, making it a flexible mobile platform for robotics, engineering, and data-driven experiments across STEM, CTE, and beyond.
Key specs
- Built for pick and place, packing and cnc loading
- Used across automotive, electronics and food bev
- Programmed through teach pendant and drag and drop
- Public API for integration
- Compatible with ROS
- Certified to ISO 10218 1 and ISO/TS 15066
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At a glance
Specifications
From the makerCheckedEstimated- 5 kg
- 850 mm
- 2 m/s
- 20.6 kg
- 2 h
- Semi-autonomous
- 2019
- US$339
- Active
Source not on file
Company profile
- Recorded funding
- US$12.0M· 1 round
- Founded
- around 2010
Detailed specifications
What it is built for3
- Applications
- pick and place,floor cleaning,last mile delivery
- programmable mobile platform
- education,consumer
Movement & precision2
- Max Speed M S
- 2
- hybrid
Sensing & perception3
- Yes
- magnetometer,accelerometer,colour sensor,light sensor,IR,gyroscope
- Yes
Power & runtime1
- Auto Charging
- No
Controls & integration6
- Yes
- No
- Software Platform
- Sphero Edu app
- Training Required
- none
- bluetooth
- drag and drop,visual block,code python,no code gui,proprietary app
Buying & support5
- <10K
- purchase
- Model Variants
- Sphero RVR
- Availability Status
- available
- Countries Available
- United States
Other details2
- Outdoor Capable
- Yes
- Yes
Who uses it
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Company milestones(estimated)
- May 2026MilestoneBlueprint Robotics webinar announced
- Apr 2026LaunchBlueprint Robotics announced
- Apr 2026MilestoneBlueprint Robotics preorder availability
- Jul 2025DeploymentContinuation of ROE #21 BOLT+ Workshop
- Jul 2025DeploymentROE #21 BOLT+ Workshop in Marion, IL
- Jun 2024LaunchSphero launches BOLT+
- Apr 2024DeploymentRSU 40 adopts Sphero robots including indi
- Nov 2022LaunchSphero announces RVR+ for middle and high school
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the maker3 events · last 12 months
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Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the RVR+?
- The RVR+ is developed by Sphero, based in United States.
- What type of robot is the RVR+?
- The RVR+ is a Education robot made by Sphero.
- How much does the RVR+ cost?
- The RVR+ is listed at US$339 in the Robolist catalogue, but this figure did not come from Sphero. Contact them for a quote.
- When was the RVR+ launched?
- The RVR+ was launched in 2019.
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