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RVR, photo
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Wheeled · Toy and educational

RVR

Reality level : Paper announcement · Proof: statements only, with no demonstration and no sale observed. See the rule

Useful for: Education and programming · Leisure and entertainment

Where used: Home · School and laboratory · For: Individual · Maker based in United States

by Sphero

Key facts

The RVR is a wheeled mobile robot from Sphero, designed as a toy and hobby robot. It was introduced in 2019 and is used for education, programming and entertainment. A public SDK is available.

Locomotion
Tracked
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “its all-terrain treads”
Public SDK
Yes
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “Also available are a variety of SDKs for popular platforms like Raspberry Pi, MicroBit and Arduino, as well as low-level API documentation”
Python API
Yes
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Code using Draw, Blocks, or Text (Python and JavaScript)”
Official SDK
Sphero Public SDK
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Sphero Public SDK”

Not disclosed price, height, weight, battery life, availability in France

Specifications

1 verified specification · updated on

RVR, specifications and levels of evidence
SpecificationRVRLevel of evidence
Locomotion typeTrackedOriginal text: “all-terrain treads”Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “its all-terrain treads”

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Claimed by the manufacturerReported by a news outletIndependent test observed or measuredNo: confirmed absence · Not disclosed: no source

Program this robot

Verified on

Programmable: yes (Python).

Accessible from the beginner level. To start: block-based programming. To go further: Python SDK; public SDK.

SDK and languages

Public SDK
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “Also available are a variety of SDKs for popular platforms like Raspberry Pi, MicroBit and Arduino, as well as low-level API documentation”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “then progress to text programming and the Sphero Public SDK”
Official SDK
Sphero Public SDK Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Sphero Public SDK”
Python API
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Code using Draw, Blocks, or Text (Python and JavaScript)”
Block-based programming
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Students start with block-based coding in the Sphero Edu app”

App and voice control

Official mobile app
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Sphero (pages produit officielles), accessed 3 October 2026. RVR+. Original text: “Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle”

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“RVR”, Vuntum, updated 3 October 2026, https://vuntum.com/en/robots/sphero-rvr

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