Loona Inc. Loona vs Sphero indi

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	Loona Inc.Loona	Spheroindi
Overview
Released
Released	–	–
Task and control
Form
Form	Wheeled	Wheeled
Use
Use	Companion, Education	Education
User programming
User programming	Yes	Yes
Phone app
Phone app	Yes	Yes
Intended use
Intended use	Maker Loona Inc. was formerly KEYi Technology; this company rename does not create a separate hardware generation.	–
Movement
Movement	Two driven wheels with moving ears and body; six motors in total.	Small car-shaped rolling robot.
User programming
User programming	Blockly visual programming in the Loona app.	Colour tiles provide screen-free instructions. The free Sphero Edu Jr app changes responses using simplified blocks.
Cloud and offline operation
Cloud and offline operation	Online conversation and ChatGPT functions require a network connection.	–
Regional availability
Regional availability	Standard Premium package is offered with dispatch in three business days. Space Edition has a separately advertised 17 October 2026 dispatch and is excluded from this current-hardware record.	The maker US store accepts orders for Student Kit SKU 980-0530 on 3 October 2026, but explicitly states it is backordered with shipment expected October 2026; orders with other items wait until all are in stock.
Release details
Release details	First-sale date is unresolved; contemporary reviews cover early shipping units, but maker plans alone do not prove the first retail date.	First retail-sale date was not established from maker evidence; a current backorder delivery estimate is not a new product launch.
Hardware
Height
Height	–	38.1 mm
Width
Width	–	69.85 mm
Depth
Depth	–	76.2 mm
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	–	Yes
Camera
Camera	Yes	–
Microphone
Microphone	Yes	–
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	–
Processing
Processing	Quad-core Cortex-A53 up to 1.5 GHz; 5 TOPS BPU; Cortex-M4 at 100 MHz; dual-core 360 MHz audio DSP.	–
Memory
Memory	2 GB LPDDR4 and 8 GB eMMC 5.0.	–
Sensors
Sensors	Touch sensor, three-axis accelerometer and gyroscope.	Onboard colour sensing reads the supplied instruction tiles.
Camera
Camera	720p RGB camera and 3D time-of-flight sensor.	–
Audio
Audio	Four microphones and a 2 W speaker.	Onboard speaker.
Display
Display	2.4-inch LCD.	–
Connections
Connections	2.4/5.8 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi.	–
Size and weight
Size and weight	8.3 × 6.8 × 6.8 inches (length × width × height); maker gives weight as 2.42 lb.	Maker robot dimensions: 3 × 2.75 × 1.5 inches (length × width × height); 76.2 × 69.85 × 38.1 mm.
Accessories
Accessories	–	Single Student Kit includes one robot, 20 latex-free rubber colour tiles, carrying case, 15 challenge cards, stickers and charging cable. Classroom mats and multi-robot charging cases are separate bundles.
Battery
Charging
Charging	–	Charging cable included; the optional classroom case charges multiple robots.
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	2 hours of continuous play	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	1,350 mAh	–
Battery
Battery	11.1 V, 1,350 mAh.	–
Dock
Dock	Autonomous return charging requires the charging dock supplied in selected bundles.	–