When it comes to outdoor games, the ball game most often comes to mind. Descriptions of it were found in ancient Egyptian records. Such amusements were popular among the ancient peoples of Greece and Rome, and after a huge number of years they could not lose their relevance.
Naturally, more than one engineer and researcher has attempted to adapt modern advanced technology to balls. We can recall such high-tech devices as Speedsensor and sOccket. Today, one more novelty in the form of the Sphero ball is becoming their number. A mobile device such as a smartphone will allow a toy ball to be set in motion via a Bluetooth wireless interface.
Ball in the phone
The developers from Orbotix presented a prototype of the Sphero ball. The device has a small size and a diameter of 7.5 cm. With the help of induction technology, which supplies energy to the electronic internal circuits of the novelty, the movement of the Sphero is carried out. After the ball is connected to a smartphone equipped with the Android operating system, its movement can be controlled by tilting the phone in the desired direction.
You can have fun with Sphero for about an hour, after which it must be charged to continue playing.
This technological advance opens the door for a new generation to enter the world of interactive games.
Chameleon ball
A robotic ball controlled by a smartphone cannot be used for practical purposes. It's made for fun. It is very important that the device is very sturdy, so it can withstand a lot of impacts on its body. The movement speed of the robot reaches three meters per second. As for the filling, it consists of an electronic system, which is designed to fulfill all the tasks assigned to the ball. If desired, the user has the ability to change the color design of the ball and choose any of the thousands of suggested shades. A smartphone is also required to change the color.
I would like to please consumers with the affordable price of the new device. It is not a problem to buy it on the territory of Russia.
Variations
Orbotix has developed a sufficient number of interesting proposals that you can play with a robot ball. These are various labyrinths, and the well-known wrestling in sumo, where opponents are trying with all their might to push each other out of the arena. The developers did not stop there, and, involving outside engineers, are trying to come up with all the new possibilities with which the ball game will become even more interesting and exciting.
