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Amazon Astro at Seattle

Home companion robot using Intelligent Motion autonomous SLAM navigation (avoids people/pets/stairs) with a periscope camera for patrol. Honest status (vvc): consumer Astro remains an invite-only 'Day 1 Edition', never a broad retail release; the commercial 'Astro for Business' variant was discontinued July 2024 after ~7 months. Destinations/patrols are human-set.

Amazon Astro by Amazon · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Smart home

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Amazon Astro home robot: honest-absence on commercial deployment. Released as Day 1 Editions invite-only in 2022; no broad commercial launch confirmed as of 2026. Limited employee/beta deployments only.

Key facts

Fleet
Limited employee/beta deployments only
Start
Released as Day 1 Editions invite-only in 2022
Status
No broad commercial launch confirmed as of 2026
Technology
Amazon Astro smart home robot

Exposure

Customer segment
research
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

8 incidents on record (3 serious, 2 moderate, 3 minor). Most recent: Aug 2026.

serious
3
moderate
2
minor
3
malfunction
3
collision
2
regulatory action
1
property damage
1
injury
1

Most recent: Aug 2026

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents on record (8)

Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Amazon Astro
Company
Amazon
Location
United States/Washington State/Seattle
Operator
Amazon
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2024-06-01
ID
cffd7250-b555-40c7-ae32-8f7544494c64

Timeline

  1. Jun 2024
    First recorded
    Amazon Astro first documented operating at Seattle.
  2. Jun 2026
    created
  3. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: smart_home

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Amazon Astro deployment at Seattle?
Amazon Astro, built by Amazon, is recorded as a deployment at Seattle on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Amazon Astro at Seattle?
Amazon, the manufacturer of Amazon Astro, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Amazon Astro deployment at Seattle go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Amazon Astro deployment at Seattle?
8 active incidents affecting this deployment are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
Is Amazon Astro at Seattle safe?
Amazon Astro at Seattle has 8 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 8 incidents on record (3 serious, 2 moderate, 3 minor). Most recent: Aug 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

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