Amazon unveils Astro the rolling robot

Amazon announced a household, canine-like robot called Astro, designed to take up tasks such as monitoring the home, and setting up routines and reminders while rolling around the house.

This handout image courtesy of Amazon. com, Inc. released September 29, 2021, shows the camera-equipped home robot "Astro" following a person at home. - Amazon revealed on Tuesday a camera-equipped home robot that users can deploy to patrol their houses, a device that one of the project's developers called making science fiction a reality. The tech giant cheered the "Astro" robot as a breakthrough for security and convenience, but digital watchdogs raised concerns for potential risks to people's most private moments at home. Astro is a roughly two-feet (60 centimeter) tall and 20-pound (nine-kilo) device that can map out a house floor plan and obey commands to go to a specific place to take a closer look with its telescoping camera. (Photo by - / Amazon / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Amazon. com, Inc. " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Victoria Pertusa
Sep 29, 2021
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