Amazon announced its long-rumored $999 Astro home robot on Tuesday. I had a chance to check it out in a demo with Amazon last week and wanted to share a few thoughts on what Astro is, what it can and ...

Amazon’s new robot Astro, an Alexa-enabled device with a screen for a ‘face’, that drives around a house is allegedly “terrible and will almost certainly throw itself down a flight of stairs”, ...

Amazon's cute little Astro robot has been scurrying its way around my apartment for the past few weeks. It has no arms to scratch its own head in confusion, but I am willing to do that for him. As ...

Amazon has unveiled an autonomous home robot designed to guard the house as well as help with caregiving, as the firm announced a range of new smart home devices. Called Astro, the device works with ...

Electronics companies have for years paraded around flashy, futuristic prototypes of consumer robots. They've pointed to a not-too-distant future where people will have roaming robot helpers around ...

San Francisco, Sep 29 (IANS) Amazon has announced its long-rumoured home robot home assistant robot named Astro. The robot can handle video calls, recognises users and come to find them when someone ...

Big tech companies like Amazon are under increasing scrutiny for the way they use (and sometimes misuse) personal data. Amazon did not take that into account when it announced Astro, its first-even ...

As Amazon builds up its robotic workforce, we’re seeing everything from squat and goofy to humanoid and somewhat intimidating. The Amazon Astro (and its doomed Business version) putters around with a ...

Amazon has extended its invasion of the home, unveiling a two-wheeled robot capable of autonomously patrolling houses and alerting owners to potential intruders. Astro, which will cost $1,449 (£1,071) ...