Amazon (Amazon Robotics) · military or security robot
Astro
A knee-high wheeled home robot with a screen 'face' and a pop-up periscope camera that patrols the house, checks on rooms or people, and runs Alexa and Ring security features. It is about 44 cm tall and weighs about 9 kg.
- Price
- $1,450Cheaper than 100%
- Height
- 44 cmTaller than 20%
- Weight
- 9.3 kgHeavier than 6%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Amazon's first home robot: a household robot that drives around the home for monitoring rather than cleaning.
Real-world use
Sold in limited numbers to invited US customers from late 2021 through Amazon's Day 1 Editions program.
Timeline
- Released
- 2021
Maker
Amazon (Amazon Robotics)Company · founded 2003 (as Kiva Systems) · Seattle, Washington, United StatesWholly owned by Amazon
How it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Astro is taller than 20% of the 10 other military & security that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Astro is heavier than 6% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Astro costs less than 100% of the 4 other military & security that publish a price. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- 2,975 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Amazon Astro)
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Astro moves autonomously around the home and can patrol with Ring Protect Pro; owners can send it to check areas and view rooms through the app.
- Chip
- QCS605 (Qualcomm)Two Qualcomm QCS605 chips plus an SDA660 and Amazon's AZ1 Neural Edge processor.
- Sensors & vision
- 5 MP bezel camera and 1080p periscope camera (132-degree view, visible and infrared); safety sensors for stairs and obstacles
- Compute
- Two Qualcomm QCS605, one Qualcomm SDA660 and an Amazon AZ1 Neural Edge processor; dedicated safety processor
- Battery & power
- Lithium-ion; self-docking
- AI & software
- Alexa; Intelligent Motion SLAM navigation; Ring Protect Pro patrols; Alexa Together check-ins
Lineage
Every Amazon machine in order.
Hercules2017Commercial
Amazon Scout2019Discontinued
Pegasus2019Commercial
Xanthus (X-bot)2019Commercial- Astro2021Commercial
Proteus2022Commercial
Titan2023Commercial
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $1,450$1,449.99 regular price; $999.99 introductory price for invited Day 1 Editions buyers (2021)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Invite-only in the US; Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported only a few hundred shipped in the first six months
- Where it is sold or used
- United States (Amazon)
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Amazon introduces Astro
Amazon unveiled its first home robot for home monitoring and remote family check-ins.
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