Amazon debuts Astro, a $1K short robot with an Echo Show-like 10" display on top, meant to roam around the home; invite-only program is open for applications
Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Everything Amazon announced at its Fall 2021 hardware event Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Amazon Astro is ‘terrible’ and will ‘throw itself down’ stairs, developers reportedly claim Harry McCracken / Fast Company : Amazon's Astro home robot is ‘Alexa on wheels’—and much more Andrew Williams / The Ambient : Amazon Astro is a home robot with Alexa smart screen powers and more Astro Has Their Eyes / Mashable : Privacy experts aren't thrilled by Amazon's rolling surveillance robot Amazon Science : The science behind visual ID Prasid Banerjee / TechCircle : Amazon's new Astro robot puts Alexa on wheels Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com : Amazon bids to become an even bigger part of your life Juhi Mirza / Coinspeaker : Amazon Unveils Its First Smart Home Robot Astro Ahead of Holiday Season James Titcomb / Telegraph : Meet Amazon's Astro, the £1,000 robot that patrols your house and detects intruders Michael Brown / TechHive : Amazon's vision of the smart home revolves around A.I. Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide : Amazon Astro looks destined to fail — and not because of privacy Stuart Dredge / Music Ally : Amazon unveils its latest hardware... including a home robot YouTube : Introducing Amazon's latest devices and services Napier Lopez / TNW : Amazon Astro could be the first mainstream robot assistant Aaron Mak / Slate : A Brief History of Adorable, Vaguely Creepy Robot Dogs Andrew / Phandroid : Amazon Astro is the first step to bringing Rosey from The Jetsons into our homes Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : At Amazon's Product Event 2021 they introduced “Astro,” an In-Home Robot, the new Echo Show 15, a Projector Device called Amazon Glow+ Jordan Pearson / VICE : Amazon Unveils ‘Astro,’ a Privacy Nightmare Robot That Follows You Around Lauren Goode / Wired : Amazon's Astro Is a Robot Without a Cause Tweets: Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : here it is, Amazon's long-awaited home robot, called Astro. it reminds me of a robotic dog: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... James Vincent / @jjvincent : Amazon announces its first home robot - a $999 tablet on wheels which comes with a periscope camera https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Amazon's home robot does look kinda cute, not gonna lie. (Don't worry Frank you're not getting replaced) https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Ben Wood / @benwood : Unlike rivals such as Apple, @Amazon is willing to bring highly experimental products to market and assess consumer reaction. The #Astro robot follows other products including the @Ring Always Home Camera but take the company into new territory. https://twitter.com/... Jon Erlichman / @jonerlichman : R&D spending in the past 12 months: Amazon: $45.9 billion Google: $28.2 billion Microsoft: $20.2 billion Apple: $20.1 billion Facebook: $19.7 billion Samsung: $17.9 billion Alibaba: $7.9 billion IBM: $6.4 billion https://twitter.com/... @jojobickley : Our vision of ambient intelligence and the devices like Astro, Glow, and Echo Show 15 demonstrates how technology can fade into the background in order to enable customers to become more present in their every day lives. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... @fallontonight : It looks like an iPad, an HP printer, and a Roomba had a threesome. https://twitter.com/... Ken Tremendous / @kentremendous : [six weeks later] Ok so the Astros have become sentient and are murdering people https://twitter.com/... Robert McNees / @mcnees : Personally I wouldn't want a mobile Amazon surveillance unit in my home, but I am nevertheless looking forward to all the upcoming “dog encounters Astro” videos. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Laurie Voss / @seldo : Apparently Amazon's product theme for the quarter was “now the creepy surveillance robots can follow you around” https://www.theverge.com/... Nikhil Chawla / @nikhilchawla : Samsung Frame 15" That said, I'm getting this new Echo Show 15 for sure and placing it next to my Samsung Frame 55" 😍 https://twitter.com/... Tune / @cartunenetwerk : $1k isn't an insane price to be living like the Jetsons https://twitter.com/... That Goan Guy / @schmmuck : Amazon is trying to get into your home by looking cuter. 😏https://www.theverge.com/ ... Tom Hearden / @followtheh : nothing like having your propaganda pre-loaded by your media friends (12 minutes after Astro hit the tape) https://twitter.com/... Brendon Bigley / @brendonbigley : “if we make robocop cute will people still think it's robocop?” https://twitter.com/... @rayapollo : Can it show me my dog while I'm at the store? https://twitter.com/... @gregbensinger : A robot that follows you around your home and spies on you? https://www.theverge.com/... Steve Koczela / @skoczela : Hide. “Amazon's long-awaited home robot is here.” https://www.theverge.com/... Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : alright, here's all the info on Amazon's Astro, it's new “home robot” that's been years in the making. I got a demo of it last week: https://www.theverge.com/... Eric Haywood / @erichaywood : I think the fuck not https://twitter.com/... Jake / @econompic : You: Facebook knows too much about me! #DeleteFacebook Also you: Alexa on wheels? OMG... now an always recording camera can follow me around my home! Take my money! https://www.theverge.com/... John Paczkowski / @johnpaczkowski : The least they could have done was build a vacuum cleaner into it https://twitter.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Jeff Bezos told us about that Alexa robot a long time ago. His prototype was, uh... less elegant https://www.instagram.com/... https://twitter.com/...