The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...

The R2-D2 app-enabled droid by Sphero is going to be at the top of Star Wars fans’ shopping lists this holiday season. Disney and Sphero unveiled the new droid to the public today, but we shot a sneak ...

Joining the existing BB-8 Sphero toy is R2-D2, the iconic astromech droid that features heavily in the "Star Wars" franchise. Able to move in bipod and tripod stances and having a light-up swiveling ...

Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how ...

We have already seen the new BB-9E droid from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and now Sphero has unveiled another new droid today. This time, it is everyone’s favorite astromech droid, R2-D2. The new Sphero ...

Star Wars and Sphero were a match made in heaven. The company had spent a few years in relative startup obscurity when Disney came along with the design for a new droid debuting in the upcoming ...

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OOLITIC, Ind. (AP) - "Man! Where did you buy that thing?" It's probably the most common question Scott, Denise, Sydney and Daphney Sproles hear when the Oolitic family are out and about with their 300 ...

We’ll have to wait and see how different they are in The Last Jedi, but at least as far as Sphero’s droids are concerned, the BB-9E is functionally identical to the BB-8 in most respects. It has the ...