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!
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
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
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.
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 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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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
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.
"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!
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🤨
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
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? 🤔
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.
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.
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
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.
After the colossal mess their Alexa sound pods are to integrate and play music, I do not want this expensive frustration to deal with. I received an invitation to purchase and after watching this presentation, absolutely will not have anything to do with this “work in progress” toy.
