Sphero Companion

Sphero comes to life. Use voice commands to control and interact with Sphero.

Sphero Companion brings your Sphero to life, turning Sphero into your own robotic companion.

You can interact with Sphero using speech recognition, and Sphero will talk back to you via your phone speaker.

This application is still in development and more features/functionality will be added over time. The latest update adds a lot of new commands/interactions. You can see a list of the currently supported commands here: http://www.cevinius.com/sphero-companion/

Current interactions include:

- Teaching Sphero your name

- Asking Sphero to drive around

- Tell Sphero to change colors

- Asking Sphero to draw shapes on the ground

Commands can be given using natural speech. For example, you can say:

"Roll forward 3 units"

"Change your color to pink"

"My name is Kevin"

"What is your name?"

"What time is it?"

"Can you draw a pink shape with 6 sides?"

(There are more commands, but I'll let you explore those after you download the app!)

Let us know if there are behaviors you really want to see in the app!

This is a completely free app. No ads, no IAP, etc. This is something I made for fun that I wanted to share with other Sphero fans. This app is definitely not a component of my overly convoluted plan for using Sphero to take over the world... Just ask Sphero, "Are you part of Kevin's plans for world domination?" See. I told you so. Robots can't lie. So, with that cleared up, please enjoy and have fun with this!

I'm currently working on an update to add a voice programming feature. With that, you'll be able to teach Sphero a sequence of moves using voice and then have Sphero play them back anytime. :)

NOTE:

You need internet access for speech recognition to work. Also, you need to have Google Text-To-Speech set up on your phone in order for Sphero to talk back to you. If you encounter any issues, double check you are online and also check that voice search in an app such as "Google Now" works.

The app was designed for English, so your device needs to be set to English for the speech recognition and speech synthesis to work correctly. (It does factor in US and UK English so it should work for both.)

If you have any issues, you can contact me here or at my website (www.cevinius.com). Please note that this is a hobby project that I'm playing around with in my spare time, so I may not be able to respond right away.