Sphero Kickstarter Rewards Include Chance to Visit HQ for Hackathon. Oh, and a Robot

If you’re a self-professed (or otherwise acknowledged) robotics geek (like me), you don’t want to miss this Kickstarter project from Sphero – you know, the company that brought you the take-home version of Star Wars’ BB-8.

Launched just this morning and already up to more than 500 backers for a grand total of almost $135,000 pledged, the Kickstarter project hopes to make the company’s newest robot, RVR, a reality. (I’ve actually had to update those numbers twice, strike that, three times while attempting to post this article.)