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from the more-like-"Big-Brother"-on-wheets dept.
Amazon’s Astro robot is straight out of The Jetsons:
Amazon is rolling out (literally) a robot that can help monitor your home. Powered by Amazon Alexa and a bunch of artificial intelligence (AI) technology while patrolling about on a set of wheels, the Astro robot can handle numerous tasks, from providing a view of inside the home when you’re out to delivering a message to Mom.
The robot carries the same name as the dog from The Jetsons, but its simple face, rolling mechanism and, of course, advanced tech, make it much more similar to Rosey. Amazon's Astro relies on AI, sensors, computer vision, and voice and edge computing to perform various workloads.
For example, Astro can roll around your home and give you a live view of what it sees. That means you can check on your pet, look out for intruders, or make sure you turned the oven off. Astro is mobile thanks to a technology Amazon has dubbed Intelligent Motion. It uses simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) to ensure Astro makes its way around without crashing into stuff—even if someone forgot something on the floor that wasn’t there before.
[...] Astro will ultimately be available for $1,449.99. However, there’s a $999.99 introductory price as part of Amazon’s Day 1 Editions early access program, and that includes a six-month trial of Ring Protect Pro. Amazon plans to start inviting participants to buy Astro in the US “later this year.”
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by linkdude64 on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:12AM
Ever existed. The most powerful strategy in war is to make your enemy adopt your methods. We need to fight the communist dictatorships of the 21st century more strongly than the fascist dictatorships of the 20th century, for one simple reason: The Fascist dictatorships failed. The Communist ones didn't. The Cold War was lost by the US. The creation of the CIA and its autonomous power prove that.
Taken from a talk my soph/Lt Corbis.