The ideal home robot is one that can fully, and efficiently complete nearly all of the monotonous tasks of life such as: dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.

Major companies like Amazon, Apple and Samsung will do absolutely anything before making an AI robot on 4 legs. Just the image of that alone would likely tank most sales. In order to make a robot with 4 functioning legs that could successfully maneuver objects and go up and down stairs, it would look terrifyingly similar to arachnids and creepy animals, and nobody would want to walk out to their kitchen at night to see that creature scaling their floors. Although I don't argue that it would be significantly more functional and reasonable for accomplishing tasks.

I actually much rather have a JARVIS like AI bot that can control the stuff around the house just from command. Kinda like a Smart home on steroids.

Isn't this just an elaborate way for Amazon to collect behavioural data?

Think this would sell better if they pivoted it toward being a robotic pet like the aibo instead of being focused on utility.

Imagine getting out the shower, and it’s there…. Staring at you…. Blinking. 😱

Why doesn’t it vacuum too?

reminds me of all those kickstarter robot scams, people like the IDEA of this but the same limitations apply to mobility and functionality.

Do you think it will scan for products around the house to start recommending things to buy

for home security I want the human size boston dynamics bot to come charging out of a closet at an intruder

The biggest limiting factor of it isn’t the fact it has wheels, it’s flicking doors. People have them, people often close them.

no arms? Can it fetch your slippers? Can it open the refrigerator door? Can it cook bacon and eggs? Its a start.

Remember that toilet paper 🧻 delivery robot from last CES

The ideal home robot is one that is not scanning my house with cameras and uploading all my personal life to a company

I can see this being useful for looking after elderly relatives (particularly with dementia) when other family members aren't home. If you can start a video call to the bot to check in on them or have them able to start a call with voice if they need to know where something is/are confused about something/they've fallen over/just need to talk to somebody. I don't however see much use for the average abled person

Legs are better, but robots with legs still look too creepy. And wheels are more common, utilitarian, and kind of cute when they roll around, like your Rumba. And it is easier to make something that rolls, than having to program balancing on 4 or 2 legs.

Amazon brought WALL·E to life. 😂😂

Ironically if they put this ON a Roomba, you might have something, then I could tell my vacuum to clean up my mess, immediately 🤣

To be honest, it's extremely creepy.

The best robot they show this year was the Samsung robot at CES which can pour wine and make dishes. That is basically all I need 😂

The perfect home robot is a human.

i think we will see this in a sort of restaurant setting. just having it deliver drinks

Thank you! 🙏

this thing sounds like an amazon employee, if given the chance it will thow itself down the stairs..... good selfreflection amazon cudo's

I was waiting for a Lazer to zap the raccoon.

It clearly doesn’t want to exist.

mkbhd should accuallly get to test it out

Can it bring me a beer tho…. If so 💯 worth the investment!

It’s a step forward and what a better company than Amazon to make it better with time and money

If it doubles up as a roomba vacuum cleaner, maybe fix an R2D2 ROTJ style tray, (or a grab hand to get my slippers), I may consider it but its over priced. It’s still basic and I don’t like Amazon and Bezos. I think I will pass.

You're missing the main purpose of the Astro... Freaking out my parents chihuahuas...

lol Just listened to this on Spotify

I own an Astro and the comments you are discussing (from some of the developers) are asinine, not because of my support of Astro but because it seems ridiculous that if they developed this robot, that they would be so critical of its operations. I haven’t had any issues with Astor! It is performing as described by Amazon and it hasn’t thrown itself down any stairs. If you are going to review these items, it is highly recommended that you first purchase one and use it for some time before giving such a critical review. You have to start somewhere, if we are going to advance technology and service in our personal lives.

What about Samsung's Bot Handy as a something in between option?

Amazon engineers what should we name this thing, Jeff I am playing Astor... Wow genius now onwards this is Astro.

You'd need to keep all your doors wide opened for it to get around the house... if someone broke into the bedroom window, and the door was closed, it wouldn't be able to check what's going on inside.

That's 2021 for ya, even the robots are suicidal.

It's a roaming spy bot for the super villain you pay for knick-knacks. And a mobile member of that Amazon network.

what if you have stuff in your house like glass bottles that you refill and that has some kind of sensor on it that helps the robot find it and grab it to bring it to you. You would just need a robot that can grab stuff by itself.

For people with things like Parkinson's, arthritis and shaky hands who don't have a lot of stability and long-term grip strength I could see this been very useful so they can just put the product down in the cup holder and have it take it into the next room which would make things a lot easier for them but something that would be a lot better is full on table version where they can put their meal on ask the bot to go into the room and then ask it to stay in front of them while they finish eating and give a verbal command telling it when they're done before it can moove again

Could you review the Moxie robot? I know its a robot for kids but its so cool, likable, and anthropomorphic that I want to get one for an elderly family member.

I just want the Tesla bot to get me a beer.

You could literally get 10 blink minis, 2 apple watches (for elderly), 2 echo shows, and 4 JBL charges for the price of one Astro. Why did Amazon make this?

I think the point of the cupholders is replacing wait staff ... Also it's not the wheels that limits this so much it's the lack of legs ... I think wheels are better than feet but legs are better than suspension. A wheeled legged robot is the best of all imho .. ala Boston Dynamics 'Handle' robot.

I think Amazon forgot that doors exist...

Astro now needs adjustable levels of interaction with us. This would be cool.

I can see an elderly couple using this with mobility restrictions

It has the same capabilities as home robots from the 1980s and 1990s. Not a whole lot going for it. Although there was a two wheeler from the 1980s that had a can dispenser attachment for fetching cold drinks on demand. You had to pre-load that dispenser of course. But it at least was along the lines you're talking about. Now move over to industrial robots that have 6-8 legs, can walk into and out of the tail beds of pickups on their own, can operate elevators on their own, have high mounted stereo video cameras in its head, can see 360 degrees by rotating its head and/or body, also features sensors to navigate its environment, and has microphones. Imagine this same robot as a tall cylindrical apparatus that can be fitted with jointed telescopic arms with pincers or other types of grippers. Now you have something that can be of real use. Like monitoring a nuclear accident, operating valves, levers, dials, door knobs, picking up heavy objects, and best of all functioning semi-autonomously. But also have capabilities for full remote control by a human operator over a wireless data link.

I think Amazon should do two things with ASTRO. He should display more Ai that will engage the user instead of just waiting for commands. And the second stage is to allow Astro to grow up.1st Astro with wheels the second Astro size of a small child walking then Adult size fully autonomy.

My cats whould have fun all night .. I an the other side whould be kept awake by the cats playing with it

It's probably just a thing to get kids used to seeing robots walking around. Conspiracy hours*

What is my purpose You pass butter

"Hey A Word (Asshole), follow me around."

Wait why did Andrew say use Marques’ angle for that at the end?

Does it parent your kids better than tiktok does? Does it shut the TV off if the chores aren't done? Parents would go for that.

Why cant it clean the floor, pick up the socks while bringing me a soda?

It’s giving me….2004 iMac vides

Astra mains, yo!

Maybe if they Added a vac- mop feature it would be of more use

If it was $300 I might think about it. But a thousand+ bucks? Crazy. You need to give it away to get people on board, then raise the price. They got it backwards.

5:06, oh so it's like Archangel from Black Mirror but it only works in half of your house and they can just unplug it

The drone is a much better security product. Assuming that also gets released, I see no reason to buy an astro.

Interesting wall e attempt imho

The ideal house robot is having fulfilling employment and subsisting without the infinite cycle of consumerism and social and technological obsolescence…

Considering my Guinea Pig is also named Astro (Yes, that's his actual name) I don't think this robot would be that great when I might want to use voice commands.

Its literally if Wall-E and Eva had a kid and the kid took after Wall-E for everything but color scheme....

Is temi better than astro?

Add Ramp

You should watch S2E1 of Love, death & robots. It's just 15 min episode.

This is me

I wonder how many of those will get shot from people thinking it's an intruder because it makes noises at night

This seems like it has more utility to Amazon than users

where is your surface studio?come on MKV get in line lol

Wow... for only $1000 they can spy on me at my house. Amazing! A bargain

I mean if you’re rich and your home is fully accessible to powered wheelchairs, it might be worth it but uuuuuuh maybe there’s people in the bezos family in power chairs? I dunno, sometimes rich people just like having expensive stuff for no reason😂

hey, I have seen a bigger version of this in Watch Dogs 2

I think it's useful if you have the money to burn 😂

Arm, no eyes

We can't not talk about the double negatives.

The ns-5 from i robot with will smith would be the perfect home robot

They could have made it at least vacuum the floor

For one and a half grand you can just pay someone minimum wage and they can do all of that AND use the go upstairs - oh wait Amazon already does that in their warehouse 😂

For some reason it reminds me of Black Mirror.

dividing the world !

It's got no arms and can't use stairs, can't patrol a house unless you live in a bungalow, so a bit rubbish. It's basically an oversized Cosmo pet robot.

The ideal robot for the house is the house being a robot on itself. 👀

It should at least have a hand.

Same as Zanbo . Amazon will turn it into a success. It’s not an iPad in wheels 😂. Its more like Alexa + Ring in wheels . Great idea ! I can’t wait to get mine!

$3000 on eBay.

14:00 surveillance capitalism

I would rather have the samsung ball

Geez - such negative dudes. Kinda lacking imagination as they dismiss one useful function after another. As a caregiver for a parent with dementia, this is a game changer. Dudes are pretty ableist too. Seems like this would be life changing to help do medication reminders, communicate with non-computer savvy elderly family members. These sound like the boomers who 30 years ago said they were faster on an adding machine and computers were a waste of time. Disappointing.

I sympathize for the women who would have a "cute" toy with a camera pointing up their skirts just to get a bottle of water!!

They could hav just put a phone on drone and automate it with AI.. dhh..

And these are the same guys who fangirl over the next smartphone with a slightly better camera and processor.

I would love the robot thats on pubg mobile game

Lol, Not a good idea!

Some people don't want an elaborate system with camera's in every room of the house so I think it does have merit in that sense. If they made a special docking system that was connected to a vending machine like cupboard you could fill with drinks, food and other items, that would definitely increase the cool factor by a lot.

Andrew sounds like he's really struggling to talk normally. He's squeezing his vocal chords to hard to sound deeper.. idk. Should just let his voice flow higher.

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