How to sign up for an Amazon Astro invite

Astro features cameras, sensors, and motors to assist as it rolls around your home. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon announced a home robot called Astro during its fall hardware event today, September 28th, which is designed to serve as a helpful mobile assistant that can navigate around the main floor of your home. Amazon promises Astro will support smart tasks such as patrolling your home while you’re away, carrying small objects from room to room (as long as a human places the object in its storage compartment), following a person around with its periscope camera while on a video call, playing music, and playing games with children. It’s essentially an Echo Show 10 on wheels, complete with Alexa support, mixed with some of the expectations of a robot vacuum sans vacuuming — room assignment, navigation, and self-charging via a dock. The Astro... Continue reading…