# Bad Influence story: Amazon assembles team to develop new home robot after Astro's limited run

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 08:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/31b1d193-ce23-4132-ba0e-01bd0970ea7c

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Latest update (11-08 08:00): Amazon assembles team on new home robot after Astro's limited run

Overview: Amazon has assembled a new team working on a "new-to-world robot product," according to a CNBC analysis of job posts. The job posts do not identify the product as a home robot, but CNBC describes the effort as following the Astro home robot.

Astro shipped to only a few thousand customers, and Amazon sunset an Astro for businesses less than a year after its 2023 release. In March, Amazon acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, whose 3.5-foot humanoid Sprout is now part of its new Personal Robotics Group.

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1. 11-08 08:00 · CNBC · Technology · [Amazon assembles team on new home robot after Astro's limited run](https://badinfluence.news/items/jwzu49e1dnadol5im689fkmft)
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