By Joel Burgess
At a press event for The Force Awakens earlier this year, Star Wars fans got a surprise when a droid they believed to only exist on film thanks to CGI made a notable appearance on stage.
The animated BB-8 droid rolled out onto the stage to rapturous applause, immediately causing Star Wars fans from around the world to exclaim “I want one”.
The company responsible for the BB-8 droid is Orbotix, a startup electronics business that shot to fame off the back of its first remote controlled robot toy, the Sphero.
While Orbotix developed that full-sized BB-8 droid that appeared on stage earlier this year, the more exciting news is that the company has shrunk the droid down to consumer size, so Star Wars fans can get their hands on a BB-8 of their very own.
A week ago Techradar was lucky enough to have a demo with Sphero’s BB-8 droid and interview Jim Booth the COO of Orbotix.
Like the company’s former products, BB-8 is controlled by a smartphone app that will be available on Android and iOS at launch, but is slated for Windows phone compatibility later in the …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gadgets
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