{"id":12929,"date":"2021-09-29T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:39:58","slug":"amazon-launches-rolling-robots-among-other-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/amazon-launches-rolling-robots-among-other-gadgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Launches Rolling Robots Among Other Gadgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amazon has announced a home robot called Astro that will roll around the house, taking on tasks such as home monitoring, setting up routines and reminders, and playing music and TV shows.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In announcing Astro, Amazon also noted that the company had entered into a deal with Walt Disney to infuse Astro&#8217;s voice-controlled technology into resorts and hotels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>The device has digital eyes on a rotating screen mounted on wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Right now, considering the price of Astro, Amazon stated that the device will be available at an introductory invite-only price of $999.99 and a regular price of $1,449.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other devices unveiled at the Amazon event include a smart thermostat, an Echo Show 15 smart display that can be mounted on a wall and powered by AZ2 Neutral Edge, and a new health-tracking band called Halo View.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/amazon-partners-with-disney-launch-voice-assistant-home-resorts-2021-09-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in Reuters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon announced a home robot called Astro that will roll around the house, taking on tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-12929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-tech","tag-amazon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12929"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12951,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929\/revisions\/12951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}