Sphero

Sphero designs programmable robots and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning tools for K-12 education. Its product line spans indi, Mini, Snap, BOLT+, littleBits, RVR+ and Blueprint robots, paired with standards-aligned curriculum (NGSS, CSTA, ISTE) delivered through Sphero Central. For developers and educators, Sphero publishes a public robot-control SDK (sdk.sphero.com) that programs Sphero RVR+ / RVR robots from development boards — Raspberry Pi, micro:bit and Arduino — using Python, Node.js/TypeScript and C++. Sphero exposes robot-control SDKs and a locally-run Node.js RESTful interface rather than a hosted public web API. This profile is maintained by API Evangelist as part of the APIs.io network.

Sphero is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hardware, Robotics, Education, and Steam.

Sphero’s developer surface includes documentation, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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12.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

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CompanyHardwareRoboticsEducationSteamSDKRobotsEdTech

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 12.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.9 / 17

Access Clarity 1.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Sphero
description: Sphero designs programmable robots and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning tools
  for K-12 education. Its product line spans indi, Mini, Snap, BOLT+, littleBits, RVR+ and Blueprint robots, paired with standards-aligned
  curriculum (NGSS, CSTA, ISTE) delivered through Sphero Central. For developers and educators, Sphero publishes a public
  robot-control SDK (sdk.sphero.com) that programs Sphero RVR+ / RVR robots from development boards — Raspberry Pi, micro:bit
  and Arduino — using Python, Node.js/TypeScript and C++. Sphero exposes robot-control SDKs and a locally-run Node.js RESTful
  interface rather than a hosted public web API. This profile is maintained by API Evangelist as part of the APIs.io network.
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- type: Blog
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- type: SDKs
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