Name: Sphero SPRK+
Brand: Sphero (USA)

Was $129.99Launched June 2016 at $129.99 as the Bluetooth LE successor to the SPRK Edition. sphero.com still listed it at $129.99 as a legacy product in 2019. Classroom 'Power Packs' were also sold.

Discontinued · used/leftover onlyPython from a laptopClear shellEducationBluetooth LEDiscontinued

Weeks+Shipping: Used only. Discontinued. Used units and classroom sets appear on eBay. Sphero points buyers to BOLT+ instead.

Remote control: The official Sphero Edu app runs on macOS/Windows/ChromeOS (and in a browser) and drives the robot over Bluetooth LE with block or JavaScript/Python code. The unofficial spherov2 Python library (pip) also drives it directly from a laptop over BLE.

Wikipedia (Sphero) ↗Sphero legacy products ↗Sphero Edu ↗

Overview

The education version of Sphero, a transparent, waterproof, inductively charged ball meant for classroom coding, sold alongside the Lightning Lab (later Sphero Edu) curriculum. It set the pattern that BOLT later expanded. Now listed by Sphero as a legacy product. Sphero Edu still supports it, and used classroom sets are easy to find.

Specifications

Category	Spherical & rolling · Consumer & education
Released	2016
Availability	Discontinued · used/leftover only
Programmability	Full SDK
Best for	Ages 8+ (maker rating)
Vision sensors	No vision sensors
Actuators	DC / gear motors
Audio	No audio
Compute type	Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller
Remote control	Python from a laptop
Size	73 mm diameter, 181 g
Locomotion	Internal two-wheel drive cart in a sealed clear shell
Compute	Not published
Camera	None
Sensors	Accelerometer, gyroscope, motor encoders, RGB LED
Runtime	Over 1 h per charge (inductive charging)
Speed	Up to 4.5 mph (2 m/s)
SDK	Sphero Edu (formerly Lightning Lab): Draw, Scratch-style blocks, JavaScript and Python