{"id":176111,"date":"2023-11-15T23:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T05:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/amazons-astro-robot-is-now-a-roving-security-guard-for-business"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T05:23:06","slug":"amazons-astro-robot-is-now-a-roving-security-guard-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/amazons-astro-robot-is-now-a-roving-security-guard-for-business","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Astro robot is now a roving security guard for business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/amazons-astro-robot-is-now-a-roving-security-guard-for-business2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20231114076871\/en\/Introducing-Astro-for-Business-A-Customizable-Security-Solution-Bringing-Peace-of-Mind-to-Owners-of-Small-and-Medium-Sized-Businesses\/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-SixzGpg-aPrNklZ4nvkcE4TY94BwQxjampCy0ugQmZbnkvYMqDDYxFrLs-oQ2BHQ0lNV9vE3ogUB8lg9me5DJ5HOIe_ZSOSL3m4JhK3aYyB9HNxCGXiDSWsXl5s-JshAwUr0fO6FA4Gx3o4ssEAaW4=\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Astro for Business, a version of its household robot that it\u2019s framing as a crime prevention tool for retailers, manufacturers and a range of other industries, in spaces that are up to 5,000 square feet. Astro for Business is launching only in the U.S. to start, and it comes at a steep price point of $2,349.99.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/28\/amazon-robot-a-first-look-at-the-999-astro.html\">unveiled Astro<\/a>, its first home robot, in September 2021. The squat, three-wheeled device can roll around the house to answer Alexa voice commands, and it has a 42-inch periscope camera that allows it to see over countertops or other obstacles to check if a stove has been left on, among other tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Two years on from its debut, the original Astro, which costs $1,599, is available in limited quantities and on an invite-only basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company on Wednesday announced Astro for Business, a version of its household robot that it\u2019s framing as a crime prevention tool for retailers, manufacturers and a range of other industries, in spaces that are up to 5,000 square feet. Astro for Business is launching only in the U.S. to start, and it comes at [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,6,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-robotics-ai","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}