Sphero BOLT Coding Robot

SKU: K002ROWFFP

Get ready to add some excitement to your classroom with Sphero BOLT – the ultimate coding robotic ball! Designed for educators who want to inspire their students' curiosity in STEM, Sphero BOLT is a game-changing tool that empowers students to explore their creativity, coding skills, and inventiveness. With its advanced sensors, programmable LED matrix, and innovative technology, Sphero BOLT is the perfect way to integrate some fun into learning and make your classroom a place where students can't wait to explore!

Looking to engage the entire class with Sphero BOLT? Check out the BOLT Power Pack that comes with 15 BOLTs, a mobile charging case, and Educator Guide.

Sphero BOLT Features and Benefits

  • BUILT FOR THE CLASSROOM: With its durable and waterproof design, Sphero BOLT can withstand even the most imaginative, out-of-the-box ideas that your students can dream up, and can take on any adventure your learners can imagine with its all-day battery life.
  • HANDS-ON STEAM: Engage your students in hands-on play and STEAM activities while teaching them how to code with Sphero BOLT.
  • INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND DISCOVER POSSIBILITIES: With Sphero BOLT's advanced programmable sensors and 8x8 LED matrix, your students can explore the world of coding and robotics with hands-on, creative play, while discovering endless possibilities.
  • BEGINNER TO ADVANCED: Sphero BOLT is great for teachers and students of all levels, with three ways to program (Draw, Blocks, and Text coding) and lesson plans and resources for introducing and going further with BOLT.
  • CROSS-CURRICULAR LEARNING: Sphero BOLT is perfect for cross-curricular learning, combining STEM and the arts to encourage creativity and innovation in your classroom. With access to an extensive library of educational games and activities found in the free Sphero Edu App (compatible with iOS, Android, and Chrome), your students can learn how to code in an engaging and interactive way.

Sphero BOLT Resources

On the Sphero BOLT Resources page, you can find activities, guides, and resources designed to help users of all levels get started with their Sphero Bolt and unlock its full potential.

SpheroCare Warranty
1 year: $13.99
2 year: $18.99
3 year: $27.99

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What's Included

Product Dimensions

2.87 × 2.87 × 2.87 inches

Device Compatibility

Sphero Edu App (For School): Students code using Draw, Blocks, or Javascript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom. Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

Sphero Play App (For Home): Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks. iOS, Android, Kindle

Price:
$179

Tech Specs

Sphero Global Challenge: Sphero Goes Incognito
Sphero Global Challenge: Sphero Goes Incognito

Competitions

Sphero Global Challenge is the ultimate STEM competition and an opportunity for students to go deeper with computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills.
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Boy looking at STEM Bolt while coding on laptop

Take STEM Learning Home

Get started learning STEM at home with Sphero BOLT and our how-to resources guide for parents and remote educators.

Use CARES Act funding to help with distance learning needs and Sphero blended-learning solutions. Our at-home learning solutions are designed for a classroom-of-one and individualized learning so there’s no need to worry about shared materials.

This getting-started guide includes introductory activities, troubleshooting tips, measurements for success, and supplemental resources to make it easy for educators to send home with students and for families to facilitate STEM learning at home.

 

Kids play and program in striking new ways

BOLT's programmable sensors include a compass, light sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, motor encoders, and infrared communications. Because of these advanced sensors, manually aiming your Sphero is now a thing of the past. BOLT’s built-in compass lets you automatically aim and drive your educational robot, plus you can program BOLT to follow real-world directions on a map. You can also code with the ambient light sensor that can tell if it’s light or dark, allowing for programming conditions based on brightness.
Students playing with Sphero BOLT in classroom.
Hands programming on laptop and hands working on RVR with edu app icon in upper right hand corner

INTRODUCTORY STEM ACTIVITIES

The Sphero Edu app contains a robust library of guided STEAM and computer science lessons, activities, and programs, consisting of varying skill level and content areas. Wondering where to start? We’ve curated a selection of getting started activities to walk you and your kid(s) through the basics of programming and creating with BOLT.

 

Family working together on Sphero BOLT STEM activities.

An educational robot with prismatic perfection

BOLT’s 8x8 LED light matrix allows you to program your robot using code to display characters, vector graphics, sensor data, or play games on the matrix itself. Sphero BOLT can also 'talk' to other BOLTs using 360° infrared communication. Become a storyteller using multiple robots and program advanced movements to carry out scenes. You won’t be able to take your eyes off it! 

Student smiling while working on Sphero BOLT block coding with classmates.

Sphero Edu goes #BeyondCode

Sphero Edu provides a STEAM-based toolset unbounded in its potential. Sphero Edu uses programmable robots and STEAM activities to foster students’ creativity through discovery and play while laying the foundation for computer science and other STEM fundamentals. Our program goes #BeyondCode with collaborative play-based activities, nurturing students’ imagination unmatched by other STEM education programs. Cross-platform apps are approachable for all skill levels so you can encourage learning and creativity in any grade. 

Learn to code with robotics

Sphero BOLT fosters a love of robotics, coding, and STEM principles – all through play-based learning. Connect to Sphero apps using Bluetooth Smart and program your robot, explore thousands of STEAM activities made by Sphero and the community, and create your own. Then, share your creations with the Sphero community!

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Sphero Play: Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks.
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OVERVIEW

Our best-selling bot with endless possibilities for creative expression is great for beginner to advanced coders.

WAYS TO CODE

Sphero Edu: Code using Draw, Blocks, or JavaScript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom.
Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

Sphero Play: Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks.
iOS, Android, Kindle

OPTIONS

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(15 robots + classroom accessories + charging case)

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OVERVIEW

RVR+ is highly customizable with 3rd-party hardware compatibility and can go anywhere!

WAYS TO CODE

Sphero Edu: Code using Draw, Blocks, or JavaScript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom.
Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

Sphero SDK: Program RVR+ and 3rd-party hardware with our extensive Software Development Kit (SDK).

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Sphero Mini STEM Robot.
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Sphero RVR robot.

OVERVIEW

  • Introduce young learners to computer science principles with screenless and app-enabled coding options!

  • Mini is a beginner-friendly bot great for driving, gaming, and teaching the basics of coding and computer science.

  • Our best-selling bot with endless possibilities for creative expression is great for beginner to advanced coders.

  • RVR+ is highly customizable with 3rd-party hardware compatibility and can go anywhere!

WAYS TO CODE

  • Screenless Coding Concepts: Students discover how to program indi through color.

    Sphero Edu Jr App: Kids learn block coding concepts by changing how indi reacts to different color cards.
    iOS, Android, Kindle

  • Sphero Edu: Code using Draw, Blocks, or JavaScript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom.
    Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

    Sphero Play: Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks.
    iOS, Android, Kindle

  • Sphero Edu: Code using Draw, Blocks, or JavaScript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom.
    Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

    Sphero Play: Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks.
    iOS, Android, Kindle

  • Sphero Edu: Code using Draw, Blocks, or JavaScript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom.
    Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle

    Sphero SDK: Program RVR+ and 3rd-party hardware with our extensive Software Development Kit (SDK).

OPTIONS

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Enhance your learning with Sphero's Computer Science Foundations

Computer Science Foundations is a standards-aligned, supplemental curriculum built on the K12 Computer Science Framework Principles. Scaffolded across three courses and 72 lessons, teachers and students build Draw, Block, and Text coding skills. They then integrate these concepts into curricular content: everything from polygons and poetry to logic-puzzlers and compliment-givers.

App Download

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Sphero Edu App

Sphero Edu is your hub to create, contribute, and learn with Sphero robots.

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Sphero Play

Drive and play games from ONE app with your Sphero robot.

Sphero BOLT product and packaging.

What’s in the Sphero BOLT box for kids?

  • Sphero BOLT robot ball 
  • Inductive charging base with USB charging cable 
  • 360-degree protractor with heading, directions, and clock  
  • Sphero sticker sheet
  • Quick start guide

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