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Astro

Name: Astro
Brand: Amazon

A small wheeled robot that drives itself around the home. Amazon built it to help with tasks such as keeping an eye on the home while owners are out. Amazon announcement, 28 Sept 2021

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: Remote operators
Last milestone: 30 Sept 2022

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: In 2022 it was sold in the US only to people Amazon invited to buy it. Its status in 2026 could not be confirmed. MIT Technology Review, 28 Sept 2022
Published price: $1,449.99 list price; $999 for early invitees as of 28 Sept 2021 Amazon announcement, 28 Sept 2021
Human help: In the business version, professional security monitoring agents could be brought in when an alarm went off; the home robot drives itself. Gizmodo, 30 Sept 2022

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

30 Sept 2022
Update
Amazon's Ring said Astro could be paired with its Virtual Security Guard service to patrol small businesses when no one is there.
Gizmodo, 30 Sept 2022Company-reported
28 Sept 2022
On sale · sets the stage
A year after launch, Astro was still sold only to invited customers, at $999 for early invitees.
MIT Technology Review, 28 Sept 2022
28 Sept 2021
Unveiled
Amazon unveiled Astro at $1,449.99, with a lower introductory price for early buyers in its invite-only Day 1 Editions program.
Amazon announcement, 28 Sept 2021Company-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: A year after launch, Astro was still sold only to invited customers, at $999 for early invitees (28 Sept 2022).
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Could not confirm the reported 2024 end of Astro for Business, or whether the home Astro is still sold in 2026 (search and fetch limits were hit; The Verge was blocked). Wikipedia lists the price as $1,599 by invitation only, without a source.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Astro (Amazon): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/amazon-astro. Checked 19 October 2026.