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Amazon robot - Astro

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 It's a nice idea. Body structure reminds me of a hoover / dyson style design, so should be pretty good on flat-ish surfaces. That tablet head though...very much reminds me of my wifes Yoga tablet tacked on top: I'm not going to go down the usual road of Amazon / Siri conspiracy stuff and privacy issues blah blah blah.... no, I don't have any of the shouting / listening devices in my house, mainly because if I want to find out something I have these old things called "books" and I know how to type to search in DuckDuckGo... it's not quicker to speak and most certainly don't have things connected up to a Ring / Nest or anything stupid like that.  I'm not security certified for nothing you know :-)  it is soooooo easy to hack those things to get into the network and once in... whatever is connected to the WiFi is now connected to me...hey, Astro can I now control you and wander around the house looking for the nice / expensive items, if there aren't ...