Robot vacuums has come a long way since inception, Astro is just a stepping stone in the direction of what's to come, I'm really excited for what we'll see in a few years from now, especially if apple and google decided to throw their hats into the ring!
As a software engineer, Amazon can can make the "find a person or take a drink to someone " feature more efficient by first giving it a 360° camera to use for navigating. That way, it can quickly scan an entire room for a person. Secondly, using the map it has of the house, when searching for someone, it should first go to the room where the persons phone is located. If there person isnt in the room, then it can start searching in every other room. These additions should improve the robots efficiency
Hopefully this becomes better over time, this would be a great thing for elderly people to have in the home, even just to make life a bit simpler for them
The new CNET website is pretty difficult to read. Just a feedback. My initial scan of the page makes my eyes cross-eyed whereas previously I would immediately notice headlines for each article.
I got my invite a day ago. I would like to get this so bad but I can't justify spending $1000 for something that reminds me of my echo show 10 that I don't use very much. It really doesn't do much. If it could mop and vacuum the floors, get me a beer (by itself) and put my clothes in the washer I wouldn't hesitate.
@@rampodicheti I passed on the invite I just couldn't push that button to purchase. I really wanted that robot but I knew Astro would end up in the corner somewhere and I would kick myself for spending $1000.
@@bbossladye1 Thank you! Sounds like a wise decision. I too wanted it so bad, but deep down I know I will not be happy with it. I just needed to hear it from someone else. The picture you painted of Astro sitting in the corner of my living room did it for me.
Couple things I don’t like is how loud it is when it moves I think it would be an issue if ur trying to work or study and the whole running over the cord thing would be annoying and I really feel like Astro should just be more for company use only, it should be an outside robot that can return back to its main charge area on like a campus or office type situation and honestly I don’t think I’d like to have it going into my bathroom. It’s cool and I get it’s still in development but I think it will be cool to see a final product
Wouldn't have Echo or Echo Dots throughout the house help with noise detection and location? Fairly certain alexa guard info is shared across them with Astro.
I almost just bought one. The thing is up to $1599 now and still invite only. I know this review is a year old, but since it's full price now (hopefully), I'll wait until it's well out of beta testing mode.
To me this is a game changer in the home security game! I will definitely get one when they come on the market. I really hope that they work out the bugs before they release especially with a $1600 price tag.
Lots of things that need to be worked out. But I am willing to bet when it got to the blocks the first time, they were washed out with being in the bright sunlight. It probably didn’t see them at all since it was a huge bright spot on the floor. Pushing them back into the shadows made it realize something large was on the floor and it just gave it self a wider berth but didn’t actually see the ones closer to him since they were still in the sunlight.
1.5K is too much if this is the state, I have the invite but a hard pass :( I want to love these things, but they are not there for that much money yet
It's not available over here in the UK yet, there seems to be issues with shipping it outside the US, perhaps by the time we get it over here these technical glitches in the robot you came across will be ironed out. One question though, will that model you have be backwards compatible? I mean, would a software update sort out those issues or would you have to fork out for another model? 🤔
Almost fell over laughing at “door sensor triggers alarm, Astro takes off the opposite direction”. 😂 You had one job. I mean, you have a fixed sensor in alarm state. That should give a good reference point for the location/room. Why, why would the robot not move to the room with the sensor?
I have built my new home to be perfect for robots on the floor. All one level and all flat. I have roborock s7 plus maxv. And it does my whole house and is the creme de la creme of robot vacuum and mop. Now I want something like this astro. Tho I want one from Google and not amazon
Received my invitation for purchase of Astro. Happy I watched your You Tube. Astro is a 1500. Toy. Astro does nothing. Cute! Yes! Worth 1500. Absolutely NOT. A pet? We have a Dachshund.
What problem does it solve? A product that can't solve a problem is useless Things I'd like a robot to do: Take a drink from a fridge and deliver it, clean the house, do my laundry, cook. This doesn't do any of that, all it does is roam around and act cute, but if it's a virtual pet that you need, it seems like a $5 app would do a better job
Agree 100%. Vacuum robots for instance actually solve a problem. This doesn't, all it does is roam around the house and takes a drink that you have to put in carriage and take it to someone else in the house. Hardly a problem that requires a $1000+ price tag. Until someone develops a robot that can actually do tasks even if limited around the house, then I'm not interested.
Another expensive toy. Worthless to me, but it might entertain children (or product reviewers) for 10 minutes. That's $100 per minute of entertainment. Nice work, Amazon.
put two continuous rubber tracks on the front and install a arming switch for something that can deliver a high power electrical shock or fire a 22 cal🤨
I've always favored more of a "Red Queen" from Resident Evil kind of model. Central processing, central interface, well organized display, but multiple "dumb" "bodies". Like, Astro would be one body used by a central system. Examples of what I wish the overall system could do: shut off the house water supply from leak detection, shut off the house gas supply from a stove being left on and spotted on patrol, or from CO alerts, fly a patrol route outside with thermal imaging, fall detect and call an emergency call center if the fallen person is non-responsive, vitals detect and call an emergency call center (requires worn or implanted device on the person), take in data from multiple cameras and motion sensors (the tech of which in itself needs improving, too many false triggers from shadows, cars, etc. Not sure how to even improve this one, people have attempted to combine motion and thermal and trigger on both positive, but I think you really need narrow AI for this to work properly). And the security and remote piloting they're already doing. Clearly, a system like this needs water and gas shutoff valves, multiple cameras, multiple motion sensors, and at least two drones (one outside, one inside). Unless you want to include vacuuming, mopping, and lawn mowing in which case it's 4 at least. The real problem here is that all of these are at present a bunch of disparate systems that don't talk to each other, I'd like to see some form of universal interface where a central system's capabilities can be built out like this. Also would like ability to call neighbors or unlock a door for emergency personnel or neighbors. Again, requiring narrow AI, or some kind of a worn marker on the people in question. This all together functioning smoothly and centralized is a winner, big time. Been waiting on it for a very long time now.
Alexa can call emergency personnel or unlock doors via linked smart functions. I'm assuming these things (like smart locks) could be linked via astro as well. The benefit to ASTRO would be that it can follow you around so you can activate smart features from wherever you are in your home.. But then again, so can your phone. With gas and water shut off, I have no idea if they even make smart versions of this.
"Amazon Powered Home", no thanks, sounds like a nightmare! None of this stuff is necessary & just makes you spend money you don't need to, with no doubt unreliable & possibly even dangerous results. Is it fun to pretend to live in the future, of course, I love Star Trek (pre 2006), but all of this makes life worse, really it does, life was better before all of this techno-trash ;-(.
I mean, it's not all bad. Controlling my thermostat two states away from my smartphone and being able to check in and see who's at my door has its benefits.
@@Superman-xr1oh If you're really worried about home temperatures & are away a lot, just leave a standard thermostat on 20 degrees. I've never understood the desire to control heating away from home, it's excessive, bound to eventually go wrong & just plain unnecessary. I have a camera at my front gates that connects to my phone, so I can manage that anywhere, but I had to have a system to open the gates, no choice, also the service is free, no SIM. I'm not against all of this luxury future tech, I'm just warning that running it all via Amazon sounds like a very bad idea, if you've ever watched a sci-fi movie set in the future, these things don't tend to end well for the consumer!
Honestly, it should be able to vaccum my floor. That's kind of a no brainer. If it could do USEFULL stuff and properly, not just novelty stuff such as make noises to entertain your kids and bring drinks like the Omnibot 2000 did in the 80s then maybe. Actually the Omnibot could pour drinks not just deliver them soooooo....
I thought about this yesterday BUT more single use functions raises the risk of severe problems making it in need of replacement. So if the vacuum malfunctions and can't be fixed now the robot in its entirety needs replacement
Thank you for such a thorough review! I try not to be too anti-new tech after watching idiot babies ruin VR gaming, but I still find this repulsive. I also find it wild that this is as smart as they could make it. Sure, there will be updates, but the amount of time it would take to develop software to make this thing not trash will far exceed the life of this product. Claiming this is Artificial Intelligence should be illegal.
For single people it is hard to look after your room when you goes about so a robot watch over home atleast deter people peaking into your space or atleast require theft to think twice before bother with you loved materials
Thief breaks into home. Expensive, non-violent robot confronts thief. Thief steals expensive robot.
Then Police track thief using the robots internal gps
You clearly don't understand home automation. 😒
I modify the robot into a bomb that explodes when disconnected from my Wi-Fi. The thief is now dead and I dance on his grave.
@@Izaya_Orihara 😂😂😂
This made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂
Robot vacuums has come a long way since inception, Astro is just a stepping stone in the direction of what's to come, I'm really excited for what we'll see in a few years from now, especially if apple and google decided to throw their hats into the ring!
I wish Google would make something like this since we have a Google smart home
I was hoping to see more scenarios involving stairs since the devs said it will throw itself off them if presented the opportunity.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
For $1500, that would be a very sad suicide
Robots come in and friends family and address 🆒 to send you a call from you soon love to see you soon love to see 🥰💋🍺💐🎂🧧🍑🚖
Am i the only one that felt the desk scratch when he moved the rock the second time? Ouch.
Yeah, I got that too... LOL
As a software engineer, Amazon can can make the "find a person or take a drink to someone " feature more efficient by first giving it a 360° camera to use for navigating. That way, it can quickly scan an entire room for a person. Secondly, using the map it has of the house, when searching for someone, it should first go to the room where the persons phone is located. If there person isnt in the room, then it can start searching in every other room. These additions should improve the robots efficiency
U so smart.
Wow really?
I appreciated the thoughtful outcome of this review.
Amazon is notorious for abandoning gadgets without warning. Think of the Fire Phone, Wand, and Dash buttons. Amazon Auto was also a huge fail.
i just find it insane that there's a whole generation growing up with these kinds of devices and they'll never know of a world before all this
Hopefully this becomes better over time, this would be a great thing for elderly people to have in the home, even just to make life a bit simpler for them
Why are we giving amazon all of this information about your dwellings ?
So it can...bring you a single can of soda at 2 mph?
Amazon needs to know what you have in your home in order to recommend things for you to buy. 😂
I still kinda want one.
Too late! I got it 5 min after the invite, he will be here tomorrow.
I just discovered this channel and am amazed at the content quality.
It will get better with updates. Home patrolling once an hour isn’t good enough though.
The kids are too cute! Great job CNET. This is an awesome review.
The new CNET website is pretty difficult to read. Just a feedback. My initial scan of the page makes my eyes cross-eyed whereas previously I would immediately notice headlines for each article.
Got my invite this week and you just saved me pain and a 1000.00
I got my invite a day ago. I would like to get this so bad but I can't justify spending $1000 for something that reminds me of my echo show 10 that I don't use very much. It really doesn't do much. If it could mop and vacuum the floors, get me a beer (by itself) and put my clothes in the washer I wouldn't hesitate.
@@bbossladye1 You put all my thoughts precisely in words. So, what did you do? Got it?
@@rampodicheti I passed on the invite I just couldn't push that button to purchase. I really wanted that robot but I knew Astro would end up in the corner somewhere and I would kick myself for spending $1000.
@@bbossladye1 Thank you! Sounds like a wise decision. I too wanted it so bad, but deep down I know I will not be happy with it. I just needed to hear it from someone else. The picture you painted of Astro sitting in the corner of my living room did it for me.
I’m passing on my invite. I just don’t see the value in this yet!
A shame about the home security... Looking forward to the improvements or a different product all together.
Remember, it's not so you can see in your house while you are away - it's so that Amazon can
Cant wait to pay 1000$ to have amazon watch you 24/7
I feel like the new logo font looks like a fashion magazine font
@ 11:58 the way Andrew talks to the robot like he’s a pet 🐩 or 🐈 is hilarious 😂 😅😂😅
Astro, set auto-destruct sequence. Authorization, Picard 4-Delta-1,1,Tango,7.
Too funny
Couple things I don’t like is how loud it is when it moves I think it would be an issue if ur trying to work or study and the whole running over the cord thing would be annoying and I really feel like Astro should just be more for company use only, it should be an outside robot that can return back to its main charge area on like a campus or office type situation and honestly I don’t think I’d like to have it going into my bathroom. It’s cool and I get it’s still in development but I think it will be cool to see a final product
add built-in robot vacuum system. Vacuum robot easily charges $1000 nowadays
Wouldn't have Echo or Echo Dots throughout the house help with noise detection and location? Fairly certain alexa guard info is shared across them with Astro.
Congrats on the rebrand! Going to take some getting used to. I’m seeing a bit of a similarity to the Apple News icon 🤷🏻♂️
I know it isn't up to snuff yet but this is so cool. I hope they work out the kinks in a few years.
I almost just bought one. The thing is up to $1599 now and still invite only. I know this review is a year old, but since it's full price now (hopefully), I'll wait until it's well out of beta testing mode.
To me this is a game changer in the home security game! I will definitely get one when they come on the market. I really hope that they work out the bugs before they release especially with a $1600 price tag.
Its pretty coool for first edition 🤖 👍🏾
I need this to work. Robot is so cute. Also in 5 years this could possibly patrol outside the home like yard and stuff. Real life cyberpunk
Lots of things that need to be worked out. But I am willing to bet when it got to the blocks the first time, they were washed out with being in the bright sunlight. It probably didn’t see them at all since it was a huge bright spot on the floor. Pushing them back into the shadows made it realize something large was on the floor and it just gave it self a wider berth but didn’t actually see the ones closer to him since they were still in the sunlight.
Good review
It has potential, and thats about it.
Awesome video 🔥🔥👍
Sim meu amor.
Waiting for the Teslabot.
You might be waiting a long time
1.5K is too much if this is the state, I have the invite but a hard pass :( I want to love these things, but they are not there for that much money yet
I don't like the new CNET logo!!! It looks very ordinary!! Does anyone else feel the same??
I have one, I like it, it's fun, but there are some bugs involving routines. Hopefully Amazon fixes that asap.
very good review thx.
Good balanced review.
It's not available over here in the UK yet, there seems to be issues with shipping it outside the US, perhaps by the time we get it over here these technical glitches in the robot you came across will be ironed out.
One question though, will that model you have be backwards compatible? I mean, would a software update sort out those issues or would you have to fork out for another model? 🤔
Almost fell over laughing at “door sensor triggers alarm, Astro takes off the opposite direction”. 😂
You had one job.
I mean, you have a fixed sensor in alarm state. That should give a good reference point for the location/room. Why, why would the robot not move to the room with the sensor?
@5:07 just drags the rock across the wood. C'mon maaaaan. Lol
I love tech like this and it’s awesome we are releasing fun gimmicks like these. Just wish it was cheaper 😅
I can't wait for Amazon to partner with Boston Dynamics so they can give us a real security robot.
I winder if hat camera on the back made any significant effect on the speed and mobility...
How long does it last ? It must take alot of energy with all those features.
When did CNET change its logo? It looks old, like from the 1940's ... Not too fiting for a tech news company
I feel bad for Astro haha it just feels like he's being roasted the whole time 😂😂
The least he could have done is cover Astro's ears when he's criticizing the poor fella
I had one of these as a kid in the 80's ,,,,was called a Bigtrak.
I have built my new home to be perfect for robots on the floor. All one level and all flat. I have roborock s7 plus maxv. And it does my whole house and is the creme de la creme of robot vacuum and mop. Now I want something like this astro. Tho I want one from Google and not amazon
I can imagine people tripping over this thing on their way to the bathroom.
Excellent review. Thanks for the balanced perspective. Liked & subscribed
great review, the product is still very green
It retails for $41.67/month for 24 months. So, is that a bargain?
What if you live in a home with stairs everywhere?
It does not look like it can navigate stairs
Received my invitation for purchase of Astro. Happy I watched your You Tube. Astro is a 1500. Toy. Astro does nothing. Cute! Yes! Worth 1500. Absolutely NOT. A pet? We have a Dachshund.
What problem does it solve?
A product that can't solve a problem is useless
Things I'd like a robot to do: Take a drink from a fridge and deliver it, clean the house, do my laundry, cook.
This doesn't do any of that, all it does is roam around and act cute, but if it's a virtual pet that you need, it seems like a $5 app would do a better job
Agree 100%. Vacuum robots for instance actually solve a problem. This doesn't, all it does is roam around the house and takes a drink that you have to put in carriage and take it to someone else in the house. Hardly a problem that requires a $1000+ price tag.
Until someone develops a robot that can actually do tasks even if limited around the house, then I'm not interested.
Can you program it to say “Happy Birthday Pauly”?
So it doesn’t work well on carpet flooring?
Mine arrived this morning! 😮 Unboxing and more on my channel soon!
cool and creepy at the same time!!
Amazon needs to make a fridge that could work with astro it would be really freaking expensive
When it released
Another expensive toy. Worthless to me, but it might entertain children (or product reviewers) for 10 minutes. That's $100 per minute of entertainment. Nice work, Amazon.
Waiting fot astro memes xD maybe included with bezo xD
Why can’t they make a robot face for the echo show? It would as so much personality.
Ive spent thousands on my dog. I font mind spending one thousand on a dog that doesn’t crap all over the house and doesn’t need to be fed 😀
put two continuous rubber tracks on the front and install a arming switch for something that can deliver a high power electrical shock or fire a 22 cal🤨
What happened to the ring drone
I've always favored more of a "Red Queen" from Resident Evil kind of model. Central processing, central interface, well organized display, but multiple "dumb" "bodies". Like, Astro would be one body used by a central system. Examples of what I wish the overall system could do: shut off the house water supply from leak detection, shut off the house gas supply from a stove being left on and spotted on patrol, or from CO alerts, fly a patrol route outside with thermal imaging, fall detect and call an emergency call center if the fallen person is non-responsive, vitals detect and call an emergency call center (requires worn or implanted device on the person), take in data from multiple cameras and motion sensors (the tech of which in itself needs improving, too many false triggers from shadows, cars, etc. Not sure how to even improve this one, people have attempted to combine motion and thermal and trigger on both positive, but I think you really need narrow AI for this to work properly). And the security and remote piloting they're already doing. Clearly, a system like this needs water and gas shutoff valves, multiple cameras, multiple motion sensors, and at least two drones (one outside, one inside). Unless you want to include vacuuming, mopping, and lawn mowing in which case it's 4 at least. The real problem here is that all of these are at present a bunch of disparate systems that don't talk to each other, I'd like to see some form of universal interface where a central system's capabilities can be built out like this. Also would like ability to call neighbors or unlock a door for emergency personnel or neighbors. Again, requiring narrow AI, or some kind of a worn marker on the people in question. This all together functioning smoothly and centralized is a winner, big time. Been waiting on it for a very long time now.
Alexa can call emergency personnel or unlock doors via linked smart functions. I'm assuming these things (like smart locks) could be linked via astro as well. The benefit to ASTRO would be that it can follow you around so you can activate smart features from wherever you are in your home.. But then again, so can your phone. With gas and water shut off, I have no idea if they even make smart versions of this.
Is it going to be actually useful? No. Did I buy it anyway? Yes.
"Amazon Powered Home", no thanks, sounds like a nightmare! None of this stuff is necessary & just makes you spend money you don't need to, with no doubt unreliable & possibly even dangerous results. Is it fun to pretend to live in the future, of course, I love Star Trek (pre 2006), but all of this makes life worse, really it does, life was better before all of this techno-trash ;-(.
I mean, it's not all bad. Controlling my thermostat two states away from my smartphone and being able to check in and see who's at my door has its benefits.
@@Superman-xr1oh If you're really worried about home temperatures & are away a lot, just leave a standard thermostat on 20 degrees. I've never understood the desire to control heating away from home, it's excessive, bound to eventually go wrong & just plain unnecessary. I have a camera at my front gates that connects to my phone, so I can manage that anywhere, but I had to have a system to open the gates, no choice, also the service is free, no SIM. I'm not against all of this luxury future tech, I'm just warning that running it all via Amazon sounds like a very bad idea, if you've ever watched a sci-fi movie set in the future, these things don't tend to end well for the consumer!
Great! Now ill need a house first
How do my privacy protected when a robot can uploasd all my house up to the cloud that belongs to may be more than 1 company?
I have a astro robot as well. He’s the same one.
Kid asks Astro to follow him, but kid doesn't move and then complains that Astro doesn't listen when asked to follow him.😅 smh
Muito legal esse robô
Reminds me of JINX from Space Camp 👍
I just want astro to keep me company and also just have fun with it
Bloody nice house.
And it's just for smart house tech shoots. ;__;
Honestly, it should be able to vaccum my floor. That's kind of a no brainer. If it could do USEFULL stuff and properly, not just novelty stuff such as make noises to entertain your kids and bring drinks like the Omnibot 2000 did in the 80s then maybe. Actually the Omnibot could pour drinks not just deliver them soooooo....
We already have robot vacuum’s for that
I thought about this yesterday BUT more single use functions raises the risk of severe problems making it in need of replacement. So if the vacuum malfunctions and can't be fixed now the robot in its entirety needs replacement
This might be good in America but most people I know in the uk have old houses with multiple levels, this just wouldn’t work.
i feel like if irobot and amazon teamed up the result would be amazing in terms of the end product.
A deal was announced for Amazon to acquire iRobot for about 1.7 billion dollars.
So you may get your wish if The Regulators let it go through.
But why do we need this? 🤔
I'm confused. Wasn't Astro on the Jetsons? Or was that Dino? How does Scooby Doo fit into this?
the real question is can it clean like rosie?
Apple will most likely nail this when they develop their own product like they normally do
Ugh I just got the approval to buy it and I am TORN on if the $1000 is just a ton to justify on what is essentially a beta product…
The ONLY market for this is - rich guy who works in tech, has a large family and a large modern house. Let's say they'll sell 10,000.
Why doesn't it have a voice? We all know people just want HAL 9000.
I hope, Astro, Alexa and so on have Asimov's robotic laws programmed to them ;)
This reminds me of the Facebook Portal: absolutely useless
5:44 TBH, this is all of us.
Thank you for such a thorough review! I try not to be too anti-new tech after watching idiot babies ruin VR gaming, but I still find this repulsive. I also find it wild that this is as smart as they could make it. Sure, there will be updates, but the amount of time it would take to develop software to make this thing not trash will far exceed the life of this product. Claiming this is Artificial Intelligence should be illegal.
It's a tablet on wheels LOL 😆
I'll wait for Boston Dynamics to release the ED-209. 😂😂😂
For single people it is hard to look after your room when you goes about so a robot watch over home atleast deter people peaking into your space or atleast require theft to think twice before bother with you loved materials