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September 30, 2021 09:31 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/30/22701141/home-robot-brief-history-amazon-astro-toys-vacuums-pets
Before Astro, these were the robots people invited home
Amazon announced its Astro home robot on Monday, which is designed to be an Alexa on wheels that can also bring you stuff (if other people load it into the cargo bay) and act as a sort of guard dog. With a touchscreen for a face and the ability to move itself around a single story of your house, it’s a bit like the personal robots from decades of science fiction. Given that Amazon seemingly wants to continue making home robots, though, we figured we’d go through a little history to look at some previous attempts.
Of course, there’s plenty of discussion to be had about what does or does not count as a robot — to anyone with a smart home setup, Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant could be considered robots, as they can do any number of tasks...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/30/22701141/home-robot-brief-history-amazon-astro-toys-vacuums-pets
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