Amazon Astro is a tablet that races through your house
Always wanted a tablet on wheels? The Amazon Astro brings this concept to life.
It’s going to be a bustling bustle in your living room. Not with humans, but with robots. In addition to a robot vacuum cleaner, there is now also a robot that can serve you in all kinds of other areas. That’s the new Amazon Astro. The American company is putting the Astro on the market for $1,500. There is even a limited-time promotional price of $999 for the early birds who receive an invitation through the Amazon Day 1 program.
The Astro is a robot on wheels with a tablet-like screen. It also has a camera and a microphone. The top speed of the thing is one meter per second. You can make video calls with it, while the robot is watching you. Smarter applications are also possible. This allows the Amazon Astro to monitor your home. You will receive a notification when a person is detected. There are all kinds of sensors around the device to prevent the robot from hitting everything in your house.
It remains to be seen whether this will be a hit. It feels a bit like an unnecessary product. You can also do most applications, such as video calling, with a tablet or smartphone. You don’t need a robot for that. In addition, the robot does not make a sandwich for you, nor does it serve beer from the fridge. What do you do with it?
