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Gus tentatively accepts a treat from Astro while maintaining as much distance as possible.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Astro could be interesting to pet owners who want to keep Fido or Felix entertained. When we were out, I would send it to hang out with the dog by his crate, play music, drop in and say \u201chi,\u201d and even toss a treat or two using a Furbo treat camera plugged into its cargo base. <\/p>\n
But besides this forced interaction, both my pets were deeply suspicious of the robot. When I tested the treat throwing capabilities while I was home with my dog, Gus would do that weird walking thing dogs do when they don\u2019t want to get too close to something but also really want to get the treat. Smokey, the cat, treated Astro as a predator, eyeing it from behind whenever he got near it and then running as fast as he could around it before spinning back in a defensive pose. <\/p>\n
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The Astro hanging out in my living room. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAstro is an Amazon Day 1 Edition product, which means it\u2019s still a work in progress. Initially, at least, that work needs to come on the software side. I didn\u2019t run into many bugs or quirks, other than a few times Astro didn\u2019t hear me very well and some Routines I set up that only triggered sporadically. But I also didn\u2019t find a truly compelling use for Astro that was worth its $1,000-plus price tag. <\/p>\n
While it\u2019s a great smart home camera, you can achieve much of what it does with a few much less expensive gadgets. It\u2019s also limited by only being usable on one floor. I\u2019m not asking for legs just yet, but the ability to map more than one floor \u2014 which even a basic robot vacuum can do \u2014 is a needed update. Speaking of appendages, some arms (even just one) would make Astro a lot more helpful, bringing us closer to the Rosie the Robot dream that Astro clearly hints at. But appendages would likely make this robot more expensive than it already is. <\/p>\n
I do have to give Amazon props here because this is a real robot that you can really have in your house, and that is a very cool experience, even despite its limitations. While many of Amazon\u2019s innovations have fallen flat, the Astro does remind me of the original Echo speaker. At launch, that device wasn\u2019t very capable, and it wasn\u2019t clear to most people why they would want or need one. But Amazon learned and improved on the concept, turning it into something that millions of people find useful today.<\/p>\n
The Astro is in that same place for home robots. The onus is now on Amazon to keep innovating here until it\u2019s got something we can actually recommend \u2014 and not just a novelty gadget for people with $1,000 to burn.<\/p>\n
Photography by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSource: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23141966\/amazon-astro-robot-review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Amazon\u2019s household robot is exactly what I expected, but it\u2019s not what I wanted and it definitely isn\u2019t what anyone asked for. Instead of a multitasking mimicry of me that can empty the dishwasher, pick up my kids\u2019 shoes, feed the dog, and clean the house, Amazon\u2019s first attempt at a home bot is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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