{"id":370,"date":"2024-08-29T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:59:33","slug":"sphero-robot-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphero Robot Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-duotone-444-ff9137-1\" style=\"min-height:398px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-372 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/900;object-position:61% 81%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"61% 81%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#788898\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1fd67a8a93bbddc4cd20722c07ee81f7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e9f3f1;font-size:64px\"><strong>SPHERO ROBOT KIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Sphero robot is<\/strong> a round programmable robot.  It is controlled by an app that lets you decide where it is going next!  Make an obstacle course and challenge yourself  or a friend to get Sphero round it safely.  Once you have mastered that program it with different colours and messages or even create interactive games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Within this kit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 x Sphero BOLT: Your programmable robot equipped with advanced sensors and a programmable LED matrix.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 x Sphero Charging Station: A place to charge your Sphero.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 x USB-A Cable: To connect the charging station to a power source.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will also need a phone, tablet or laptop to control Sphero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"7016\" height=\"9921\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/sphero.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-432 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 7016px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 7016\/9921;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Resource Links and Downloads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To control Sphero <a href=\"https:\/\/sphero.com\/pages\/apps#spheroedu\">Sphero App<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More activities to try  <a href=\"https:\/\/edu.sphero.com\/edurobots\">Sphero lessons and resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inspirational People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1599\" height=\"1068\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/12\/Kate_Darling_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-674 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1599px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1599\/1068;aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:333px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Kate Darling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Kate Darling<\/strong> is a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab and leads the ethics &amp; society research team at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She conducts research to find out how humans and robots can interact with each other, and tries to find out how this might change our society.  Find out more here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katedarling.org\/\">www.katedarling.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:700;text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>Want to learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Follow these links to discover more <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded wp-duotone-444-ffa96b-2\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsguide.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2025\/02\/1200px-Pepper_the_Robot-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-890 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/1800;aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:333px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A huge amount of info and resources on all kinds of robots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sphero robot is a round programmable robot. It is controlled by an app that lets you decide where it is going next! Make an obstacle course and challenge yourself or a friend to get Sphero round it safely. Once you have mastered that program it with different colours and messages or even create interactive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Sphero robot is a round programmable robot. It is controlled by an app that lets you decide where it is going next! Make an obstacle course and challenge yourself or a friend to get Sphero round it safely. Once you have mastered that program it with different colours and messages or even create interactive [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Library of Inspiration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T09:59:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/157\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cover-image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-29T12:41:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T09:59:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/157\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cover-image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/157\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cover-image.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/sphero-robot-page\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Kits\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/the-kits\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sphero Robot Kit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/\",\"name\":\"Library of Inspiration\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Library of Inspiration\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/157\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wordpress-Header-Timon-updateenlarged.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/157\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wordpress-Header-Timon-updateenlarged.png\",\"width\":1635,\"height\":437,\"caption\":\"Library of Inspiration\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/libraryofinspiration\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration","og_description":"A Sphero robot is a round programmable robot. It is controlled by an app that lets you decide where it is going next! Make an obstacle course and challenge yourself or a friend to get Sphero round it safely. Once you have mastered that program it with different colours and messages or even create interactive [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/","og_site_name":"Library of Inspiration","article_modified_time":"2025-02-25T09:59:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/","name":"Sphero Robot Kit - Library of Inspiration","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png","datePublished":"2024-08-29T12:41:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T09:59:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/cover-image.png","width":1200,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/sphero-robot-page\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Kits","item":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/the-kits\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sphero Robot Kit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/","name":"Library of Inspiration","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#organization","name":"Library of Inspiration","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/Wordpress-Header-Timon-updateenlarged.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2024\/08\/Wordpress-Header-Timon-updateenlarged.png","width":1635,"height":437,"caption":"Library of Inspiration"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions\/941"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/libraryofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}