Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an acknowledgement that cracking the home robotics market is hard, Amazon is bringing its Astro robot to a decidedly more ...

Amazon.com Inc. is discontinuing Astro for Business, a program that enabled businesses to monitor their facilities using the company’s Astro home robot. TechCrunch reported the development today, ...

Amazon has decided to discontinue its Astro for Business device, a security robot for small- and medium-sized businesses, just seven months after launch. In an email sent to customers and employees on ...

The new Amazon Astro robot is endearing with its small body and expressive eyes — but its data collecting abilities are also a little terrifying. Amazon's tiny Astro Robot is the home assistant of the ...

Earlier this month, The Verge’s Sean Hollister reported Amazon chose to brick its Astro robots for businesses in favor of focusing its energy into the consumer segment of the product’s market.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Amazon has a new robot that is jettisoning “The Jetsons” and possibly coming to a home near you. The “Astro” robot, just like Rosie from “The Jetsons,” is meant to ...

Amazon announced its long-rumored $999 Astro home robot on Tuesday. I had a chance to check it out in a demo with Amazon last week and wanted to share a few thoughts on what Astro is, what it can and ...

The tech giant’s first foray into home robotics violates a key tech product tenet: Don’t be a nuisance. Amazon Astro is the rare tech product that makes a point of getting in your way. For the past ...

As a technology analyst, I often have the opportunity to test devices before their general release. Sometimes they fall into a well-established category, meaning I know exactly what they are meant to ...

The future of home robotics wasn’t supposed to be this dumb. We were promised K-9 companions, Baymax best mates, tiny droids with built-in projectors and nights out with Bender, the ultimate party ...

This browser does not support the video element. Astro moved in with my family (two kids, two moms, one dog) for a couple of weeks. You can’t buy it—at least not until Amazon permits you. But you ...

Amazon is rolling out its Astro robot as a security guard for businesses, using its HD periscope and night vision to patrol and map up to 5,000 square feet of space. The launch of Astro for Business, ...