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We overcame hard science problems in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and SLAM to make Astro a reality. Learn more about these inventions from some of Amazon's top engineers and product leaders. You'll also hear from leading academics we worked with regarding how Astro is advancing the home robotics category.
Keep home closer with Astro, the household robot for home monitoring, with Alexa.
At Amazon's fall event, the company just revealed its very own household robot, Astro. The new bot roams your home, performing a host of household routines and will cost $999.
Amazon unveils a range of new products for the home. Among them is a $1,000 robot called "Astro."
Emily Chang talks to Dave Limp, Amazon senior vice president of devices and services.
Alexa might be everywhere in your home, but with Astro it can now follow you from room to room (and patrol your home 24 hours a day).
Robots are here and thanks to Astro, they’re invading your home. We take a look at the pros and cons of Astro as well as the past, present and future of helper bots.
Others of note include Mayfield Robotics Kuri, Aeolus, Samsung Bot Handy and more.
0:00 Intro
0:20 How We Got Here
1:01 Astro Wasn't First
1:27 Kuri
2:18 Aelous
3:40 Honorable Mentions
4:55 Astro's Features
5:23 Privacy
5:56 Functionality
6:30 Amazon's Experiments
7:03 What Astro is Missing
We unbox Amazon's Astro and give it a tour of the smart home. Can it live up to the hype? Is it an exciting leap forward or a surveillance nightmare? Here's what we thought after the setup process and a day of testing.
0:00 Intro
0:18 Unboxing
4:04 Setup
5:18 Mapping the floor
7:00 Playing with Astro
11:04 Day 1 Impressions
Amazon's $1,000 robot assistant is available by invite only. It's ambitious, experimental and exciting. But it's also still searching for a purpose -- and working out some serious kinks.
0:00 Intro
0:43 The Basics
2:01 Setup
3:11 Security
4:32 Burglary Test
6:45 Hide & Seek Test
9:57 Obstacle Course Test
15:23 Astro The Toy
18:15 Astro's Smarts
19:15 Conclusion