Amazon’s Astro robot moved in with joannastern and her family for two weeks. It was fun, crazy and creepy, she writes.
Tuesday, 9 p.m.
The big-eyed robot rolls off its charging station, flashes “Going to hang out” on its screen and makes a beeline for the empty kitchen. I think nothing of it. An hour later, I go to grab a glass of water and WHAM! I trip right over the 21-pound autonomous hunk of plastic and metal. Yes, robots are going to kill us one day—by getting in our way.
Welcome to life with Amazon’s Astro, an adorable-if-annoying household robot with more cameras and sensors than a TSA checkpoint. Think of it this way: If you crossbred an Amazon Echo, a Ring doorbell, an iPad and WALL-E, you’d get Astro.
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