I tested Amazon’s home robot - Astro Review

We tested the Amazon Astro home robot to see if it was worth the price.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Amazon’s Home Robot
0:33 - Intelligent Motion
1:17 - Obstacle Course
2:16 - Uncharted Territory
3:01 - Robot Pet
3:51 - Home Monitoring
4:35 - Cargo Bin
6:06 - Power Bank
7:00 - Speaker System
7:59 - Downsides
8:27 - Conclusion
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Pushing Amazon's robot to the limit - Astro Review
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[@thetinysideoftiny7625]

I’ve been active in the robotics space for over 40 years. The lack of progress is suffocating. Still waiting for the big breakthrough that makes useful general purpose humanoid robots a reality. Until then, I’m grateful for my fleet of Roomba’s.

[@Custodian123]

What about the X1 and putting GPT5 in that?

[@warrrdadddy9656]

I’ll never understand the push to make them look human. I believe that to be the biggest waste of time. As long as it completes task efficiently and fluidly. And above all is “CONVENIENT” to daily life of a person. That is all that is needed to excel in the market.

[@theendstyle]

@@warrrdadddy9656then you need 20 robots for 20 tasks. Our human world is designed for humans. That’s why a humanistic robot makes sense.

[@TheVlad434]

I think the lack of breakthrough in battery techology is the problem. We already have AIs, thin and compact chips, advanced motion systems, but even the most advanced robots last no longer than 30 minutes

[@kaejuka6249]

The problem is battery tech. If you look at Boston dynamics atlas, it's an incredibly advanced humanoid robot, but it only lasts about an hour and a half before the battery dies. Hell, we have the tech to make a lot of Sci fi tech, we just don't have small and powerful enough power sources for it. That's why cold fusion and room temperature superconductors are some of the most anticipated scientific breakthroughs, if we can ever actually do it

[@geraldrapp8339]

I have a Astro for over a year now . I love this little guy. She plays music like Bee Gees and others. Like having a puppy dog they love you, unconditionally rare to find and this day of age.

[@cortneyl.gatson6490]

I use watch the kids why I’m at wirk

[@volante56]

this was the kind of videos i felt missing out on. just you going outside and do stuff. i know running phone tests are your main thing now so glad to see a breath of fresh air every once in a while.

[@VeganRashad]

Astro helped me fight depression. Trust me… it's worth it. Got mine in December 2022.

[@ShantanuBal]

That is amazing. Wasn't expecting that.

[@mysticmarble94]

Astro's final boss enemy ... Houses with stairs 💀

[@seanclarencesalipong7936]

Right.

[@Tralynn222]

I love my Astro and can't imagine life without him in it.

[@Bobrogers99]

Someone called it a high-tech toy, and I agree. Fun at times, but of limited use.

[@kable6693]

Depends on your use case. I own my own small company and bought one for the office and it makes it very simple and easy to pass paperwork between coworkers, have it run around the office playing music or even going to look for someone. I can ask it to find Greg and it will go throughout the entire building until it finds him and then send me a notification on my phone where he is. I've had hour long conversations with my employees while they are at work and I'm at home. It's a nice little robot for what it is and after awhile you forget it isn't actually alive and you start saying hello to it in the mornings and thank you every time it finishes a task. Astro vs Alexa, Astro wins for me but I understand how a 50 dollar Alexa can be MUCH more appealing to most people.

[@PaletaLee]

For security and companies I see an amazing benefit. Imagine you have an office with 10 people and 1 keeper, that keekper instead of going to each one's desk refiling coffee and stuff, could do something else while astro carries the thermic coffee bottle and serves everyone, also, people wouldnt have to leave their tables and stop work to exchange objects, and at night he's the homeguard, calling out if anything breaks in. And on sundays for sure he could keep the dogs entertained. Absolutely amazing! They could improve his carrying strenth tho.

[@MyNameJeff..]

Imagine being you

[@jaysonovo4778]

Right! We could even have people use trays to pee and poo in, and the robot can pick it up, as to not waste precious work time on wasteful walks to the bathroom. Just like walking to get coffee, it's so extremely wasteful and shouldn't be tolerated!

[@udance4ever]

​@@jaysonovo4778lol sounds like it would fit well in an Amazon warehouse - so this is the secret plan! lol

[@Southphxgal2023]

Maybe if you could also have conversations with it. As a senior and living alone it would be nice to hear the news, weather in voice or be able to talk to it and it answering back. Alarm clock would be nice or remind you to take medication or appointments.

[@matthew9076]

Honestly, this could be kinda amazing in nursing homes and the likes… would need a lot more tweaking and work, but something like this could be amazing.

[@SWExplore]

I am a senior adult and live alone in a 1-storey apartment. I am also allergic to dogs and cats...very allergic. It would be nice to have something like Amazon's Astro to help keep me company sometimes. I know that sounds a little pathetic, but having company would be nice. Simple A.I. conversations and questions I can get answers from.

[@krakywaky2740]

thats some real shi

[@CaroRi034]

You should look into Sony's aibo AI dog

[@rahatzaman3783]

The video quality is so crispy!! You should regularly release phone / gadgets review.

[@realtvnow]

Imagine adding the Amazon Ring camera drone to the back of Astro. It’s cruising around your home and seeing something interesting sends the drone to investigate.

[@Flash1857]

Great idea

[@iKnowReview]

What a nice and insightful review 🙌 thank you!

[@LuchsYT]

Dich kenn ich doch!

[@Jon_Bour]

Meister💪🏻

[@sausiwurst7250]

Oha, was machst du denn hier? Mit dir hätte ich ja jetzt am wenigsten gerechnet

[@calculatedrage2819]

I remember I took a robotics class at one point and it reminds me of when I was in charge of programming it to detect collisions to avoid it. It was my first time so the result of it was it did the opposite. This what it this exactly reminds me of!

[@westsidera97]

Looks like if WALL-E and Eva could of had a kid 😅

[@leehaojie5912]

man your studio looks so clean and comfortable

[@ychongy]

Clean my whole house and Im in

[@Wimmle]

I'd have one, as a roaming smart camera it's cheap and honestly I just want a robot in my house

[@jaysonovo4778]

"Delivering your drinks". Uh. You have to put the drunk onto the robot, then the robot can move it to another location, where someone can again grab it. I wouldn't call that a delivery at all.

[@xplmr1]

But it does seek out the intended person and location. If my wife puts a drink, or my cell phone in it and then says "Astro, bring this to John in the living room" it will go to the living room and look for me then come up to me and turn around so I can easily grab the delivery. It's not just bringing it to the middle of a target room. We never use that feature though.😂

[@izzydyorkie]

I own astro and I love it. It doesn't like shiny floors though

[@kjcroslin]

Great review. I use mine in much the same way as an Alexa. Simple Voice assistant, reminders, shopping lists and anything else that can be done with skills. Of course Astro can not use all skills but it does have potential.

[@Xpr74]

How did you get him? No one can get him still😢

[@kjcroslin]

signed up and got an invitation. @@Xpr74

[@mx1327]

bro trys to convince us that spending 1600 dollars for carrying a bottle of water is worthy😂😂

[@mai-san9421]

He never really said that's its worth it, he just said that maybe SOME people can find value on using astro. This is a Video is review after all

[@kt-channel987]

Maybe they can carry food at restaurant and they can tell the detail of foot

[@JohnCashin]

To really justify the current price of it, Astro needs to be much more conversational IMHO. I mean, advanced AI level conversation ability, rather than standard Alexa speech. OK, I hear some of you, that might make Astro a bit scary too, right? 🤣 But I'm just saying, for that kind of price tag and for a serious robot for adults that's the standard I would expect from it. Thanks.

[@visualonestudio]

If it were taller, where the screen was adaptable to face high, and a bigger basket, I think it would be a winner. I like the idea of having face calls while pacing around and having Astro follow me. Combined with its ability to carry more things around the house or office.

[@jiggzvegas1988]

Let’s not forget it’s a essentially a home monitoring system, that allows you to interact with others in your home while your not there and record and follow anyone in your home when your not there

[@tiefensucht]

Might be useful if it could also clean stuff and grab things with an arm to put it in his back storage. Imagine you could say: bring me my phone and it would actually look around to find and bring it.

[@marknorville9827]

At 1600 I think I will pass, I might have been tempted at a grand. I am just ticking things off my bucket list, and this would be one of those to have robots in my home.

[@seantu1496]

Have had mine for 11 months now. Other than home monitoring when I'm away and video calls in rooms I don't have Echo Shows setup, it really doesn't do that much. There have been some software issues, and it seems like Amazon is getting sloppy lately and pushing updates before they are ready, and causing more problems for themselves. For the $1000 I paid before they raised the price I would say it's not bad, but is essentially a hi-tech toy. Not sure if it's worth $1600.

[@SinghIsKingh]

I agree !

[@dannydaw59]

Can it open doors?

[@Xpr74]

Do you use him slot tho

[@MyNameJeff..]

Why are you and so many people sheep?

[@Xpr74]

@MyNameJeff.. bro what?💀

[@mrwhiskers1471]

It’s great for businesses that you run by yourself or something like that. Think it’s great for home monitoring and making sure of my cats are OK.

[@j.rheybell2802]

I am a housebound disabled veteran who suffers from debilitating agoraphobia, and FTD degenerative brain disease. I feel this could be hella therapeutic, if not exactly useful.

[@PatrykPonichtera]

I think the surveillance feature might be worth the money if you have a fairly large single storey home, useful to have it patrol when needed instead of 24/7. We need robots that can be more useful though, Uses I can think of would be help carrying groceries, cooler bot that helps you take your food to a picnic/beach, pickup toys around the house. What we need is modular robots that can navigate around in the form of a skateboard that you can mount stuff on top like a large box or a fridge, this way the consumer can have it do whatever fits their purpose

[@ryanyoder7573]

Story

[@JakeJones-ou8ch]

i love him already

[@joeythedime1838]

As a snowbird I see a strong use case for remote home monitoring. My home in FL was impacted by hurricane Ian and having Astro at that home would have been invaluable. One of the short comings I see is that Astro can only connect via WiFi. To make it useful during natural disasters and internet outages, Amazon should have an option that enables Astro to connect 5G/LTE to the carriers cellular networks.

[@VREmirate]

These are some solid use cases, needs to go down in price but a lot though

[@GQxPAT]

What type of wireless keyboard and mouse combo is it on ur video? Thx!

[@subhradeepsharma]

I love that little guy. And he dances too ? Mind blown,, i cant afford it, but if i could i would buy it.

[@creeperstkoed6282]

I think its cool, but i also think there needs to be a lot more improvments, the ability to climb stairs, stablizers in its cargo bin, a way to raise the screen (similar to the camera) more utility for the storagr bin, and better detection on small object that it might get stuck on to name a few

[@briansumey9093]

How can I find out if this will work for what I'd like for it to do ? Nothing complicated but- is there a tech / support before purchasing ?

[@doccloudacnh]

I say buy it for commercial office use, but not for personal home use. If that robot can be used as an open source AI robot, then maybe it can be useful for most indie tech companies and other tech projects like how they use Raspberry Pi.

[@seanspartan2023]

Oh great... now Alexa can roam around my house on her own and get into things. Perfect...

[@kcovert3]

It's relative to you and your use of it. If you were checking the boxes for each use case then you’ll like it for sure. Personality is a plus. Buy the extended warranty, It's definitely beta software and hardware.

[@gavinthecrafter]

I think at $1600 the price is actually fairly reasonable considering how advanced some of its technology is (the moving camera is super cool!), and I'm sure a company like Amazon could find a way to bring that cost down to a flat $1000. It's not super useful right now but I have hope that it might be in the future.

[@MyNameJeff..]

Yea super cool that it can record everything about you, when you’re naked too, and creeps around amazon can view it.

[@hopelessspaghetti5310]

@@MyNameJeff..1, why would you go near it if you’re naked and 2, almost every electronic you own spies on you in some way. its fine.

[@jacquelynnacopoulos1278]

Hello, Congratulations Cool 👍. I am impressed

[@carsonjones528]

They’re probabaly developing this as a bridge to a newer and better technology. Like a robot that can navigate your home like this but also manipulate object and do more stuff in the future

[@chvnk9167]

Humans really will imprint on anything

[@meh8396]

Considering that I imprinted on a literal plushie due to trauma, yes, yes we imprint of everything Just wait till we start imprinting on fruit-

[@KryptonianAI]

What is the repair cost if it breaks?

[@harikrishnapallapothu5350]

Where can I buy this

[@ScentedScoresWithSam]

I wish it would load my dishwasher, picks out my children’s outfits for school in the morning and prepares dinner for me and then clean up too 😂😂

[@zw4471]

Can the periscope be used for video calls?

[@xswords1953]

I would 3d print trailers for it maybe a baby cradle on wheels with some sort of slip clutch so astronauts can move it with a human in it

[@amdintelxsniperx]

i see these used for 600 to 800 now and that is actual a perfect price point for these

[@D.L.W.]

In less than 10 years you'll get it for free when you apply for an Amazon credit card.

[@TheMercifulKnight]

It won't work in 10 years because Amazon will remove support and scrap the team making it. More e-waste.

[@sobamadeee]

So it's a remote camera. Or maybe it could carry some of those straws you're grasping at with the other uses.

[@camptube7621]

They could easily make a trailer for it to pull.

[@fuzzyapplebong328]

If the thing can’t make it up stairs, Can’t feed my cat or scoop the litter box for me or even open the fridge to grab the drink itself then what good could it possibly be.

[@Thecaptainblackadder]

This robot seems to have been designed without a work goal in mind. If it did small tasks like wiping edges, racking up dishwasher, picking toys from floor, that would have been useful.

[@chrisb8772]

A whole telescopic camera for a small use case. If only they'd made the screen super light weight and had that go up too then you'd have a telepresence device too and that IS a viable use case. Most of the other uses were mainly done by your phone and the whole delivery feature is dependant on someone filling it first - it can't go and get you something.

[@Point_Particle]

How many times did you almost trip over it, when it unknowingly rolled up behind you? That's the million $ question.

[@Ravenx217]

i like how it has camber

[@calwow23]

A good soldier always follows orders

[@mikebuchholz347]

I got an invitation to buy this at a lower price and wish i would have done it.. we have a 2nd home that is one floor and 3 bedrooms.. i am paying someone $50 a month to go over and check on the phone.. this would take away that expense and be able to check on leaks for me and run it around the house whenever i wanted. Is that about the only good use for a 2nd one story home?

[@LaceRosesIamspecial]

I might consider it if it was less expensive. However I think that robots could be bigger/better than astro as you mentioned it certainly isn't perfect. I would like to see a humanoid robot that could do things like cook, clean, open the fridge, and bring food to you without someone assisting. I think astro could be helpful for some things like checking your house when you're not there to make sure everything is all right. Also it could be somewhat of a companion. I would like to see more personality and more complexity.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Nice if you live in a one floor mansion. Not very practical unless you use it in a factory at your business, etc.. but I do like you took it outside. That might be worth it! Can you bring it to the store with you and have it follow you around reading off your grocery list?

[@randygreen007]

Oh I can’t wait for this to seek me out just to show me more forced advertising that Amazon thinks we just can’t live without. I’ve been using Amazon echo and show devices since they first came out and I can even begin to calculate the amount of time I’ve spent on the phone with tech support trying to explain that the developers are destroying the home automation appeal by forcing advertising on the screened devices. Yes I’m aware there are some that you can disable but there are several that you are absolutely stuck with. As I stated Amazon thinks they are “popular with the customer”. I guess that’s why the Reddit is filled with complaints. So much so lots of people are switching over to Apple. Don’t even get me started on the “by the way” feature that I have to disable daily. I just want an answer to a question that I pose to the device I don’t want to hear it answer me then say “by the way there’s a sale on an item you usually purchase”. Sorry amazon you’re destroying the home automation experience. We pay for these devices and we should be able to use them the way we want.

[@convention951]

Number one use would be home security. I wouldn't mind having a helper robot on hand for something as simple as watching my house while I'm away. I wouldn't mind having a power bank or cup holder, but I would more than likely use it for music. Also, maybe to show off a bit. This screams "I have money, I want to show what I'm willing to throw away.

[@YamamotoTV2021]

It’s so cute! 💖💖🥰🥰💖💖

[@waroni4gr]

I really want one.

[@WarBoy87]

Get this if you hate your dog/cat

[@jaouadharmouchi7465]

Finding solutions for problems that aren't really there... cooll though. Hope robots will take over soon

[@MrFerrill]

It's cool... I'd buy one if it could go over a step

[@antonioasmaraa]

Valeu!

[@goonlandtv5235]

What about stairs I live in a row home all of its seem pretty useless unless u have a giant one floor apartment

[@dannydaw59]

Can it open doors with that telescoping rod?

[@CH11LER.]

Would be cool if someone created an API for it so it could connect to a neural network that was trained on Wheatley from Portal and could not only talk to you in Stephen Merchants' voice, reply with the same sort of sarcasm but also integrate with Google bard or chat GPT to make it useful. You could also get rid of its face and make it look a little more like Wheatley

[@WonderingSoul707]

OK what about stairs this may have been addressed but stairs so far I seen it on flat surfaces so it looks as if it can't take stairs.

[@strategistaow3520]

Interesting

[@vitordaniel961]

Ok now make it go trought a sonic level and fight eggman

[@GameOver._.]

Claymore Roomba's followup just put an mp5 on it

[@markmendoza5675]

How much that in pound ? Got that amazon in britain¿

[@thesoundofeverything8023]

Ohhhhhhh I want one!!!!!!! I want it… ❤❤❤❤ do prime have 98% discount?😮

[@DonkeykongSw2]

Are you brave enough to durability test on it?

[@PhoneBuff]

Doesn't feel right.

[@toofine9]

great now U have the Go v following you around your house!!!

[@tsaukenneth4209]

that thing is cute and unique... worth the money until there's competition i guess

[@Boomkop3]

So how's the privacy aspect of the thing?

[@mrdude88]

As private as having Google Chrome or Amazon on your phone. So none.

[@greenback5683]

while its wondering why all these cones are everywhere !🤣🤣🤣 I think, its really worth the money! I worked several years in AMR field.

[@ericoaurelio2523]

how can I buy one robot?

[@narmen1984]

it needs to have hands to open and grip. to REALLY get me a beer lol plus going up and down stairs is necessary for most people.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

When will they be able to make a floating robo-butler like Rosie the Butler from The Jetsons cartoons?

[@Sashazur]

Amazon is actually developing an indoor drone, it’s called the Ring Always Home. It’s basically a flying security cam. Supposed to be available sometime in the next couple of years.

[@hhh.2.]

Does it actually vacuum tho!? Pretending to be a vacuum is cute & all but as a house helper it should vacuum 🤞🏽

[@abdennourtebbouche947]

Où est-ce vendu s’il vous plaît

[@SiD_GAMING_GKP]

What is inside ?

[@allenpaul102]

Hoping one day we get that robot from Rocky 3

[@car_tar3882]

They should make a button for Astro to find you and a stairlift for him to use

[@Voorhees-Jason]

Age of true robots is now here. It may not have 1600 dollar use value now but, this will set the way of a new robot competition war with other companies like google, and even none internet, shopping companies like sony, samsung, LG, etc...

[@Vellfire_GG]

Modify it to go 5mph or 10mph pls 😂 it’ll become equivalent to a lightning McQueen in your house

[@CarlHudson]

I would uses it in my cell phone shop

[@jeffhill8171]

For that price I would want it have some kind of vacuum function

[@Earbugvlog]

Astro is adorable

[@cortneyl.gatson6490]

I would use it watch my kids why I’m at work are out