huge shoutout to the engineering team that made this beauty looks like they had a lot of fun making things the right way
@thehumblefactory
Жыл бұрын
It's easy to make things the right way if you won't have to sell them twice to the same person; Most engineers want to do that, but their companies make consumable objects. Engineers at Amazon get to make a sort of devil's bargain: You get to make nice stuff, but only if it spies on everyone. Kinda like working for Raytheon I guess. Wouldn't it be cool if the company that had engineers who made the best objects didn't have to take anyone's life or liberty in order to do it? Ugh.
@brainiac9579
Жыл бұрын
It's a TOF (Time Of Flight) distance sensor. Usually, they're using an IR diode (905nm or 1550nm) with a photodiode. You can measure distance, but also speed with those (the measure light pulses getting longer, moving away from an object, or shorter, moving towards an object, and comparing it to a steady state pulse allows you to measure speed, in both directions).
@TFZoia
Жыл бұрын
Given all it's features, having Amazon's name tied to it raises a lot of red flags
@theengineer-dellconagher
Жыл бұрын
especially an amazon security robot turned into a "friend"
@anthonyharris955
Жыл бұрын
@@theengineer-dellconagher I think I’d rather invite Chucky into my home to wander around.
@toadlguy
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I’ll be interested to see if anyone finds it snooping around in the pantry or closet to find out what you “need” 😂
@Kalvinjj
Жыл бұрын
@@toadlguy Suddenly underwear adds, suspiciously similar to the ones you wear but never bought online let alone on Amazon, pop up on your phone.
@DeputatKaktus
Жыл бұрын
In fact, it gives me all the Nope. Remember, Amazon already bought one of them robot vacuum companies, the devices of who created maps of the places they work in. And of course upload them to the interwebs. Notice a pattern here? Amazon wants to know exactly how we live to sell us more stuff. For all I care, they are snarfling enough data already.
@MLeoDaalder
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much of those nice repairable features will survive into the actual retail product. Glue is still cheaper than screws after all.
@vidm96
Жыл бұрын
I really really like the hardware and concept. But the fact that Amazon is behind it is a big no for me. Fingers crossed an option for open source firmware becomes available (but I doubt that will happen).
@michaelplaczek9385
Жыл бұрын
This is a privacy nightmare, it'll be ok if it's software was open source and audited, but having Amazons name to it really sucks
@LimitedWard
Жыл бұрын
If they open sourced this, it would make for a really cool robotic development kit!
@zihechen3111
Жыл бұрын
It’s okay I already got Facebook vr scanned my entire home
@TypicalBlox
Жыл бұрын
@@zihechen3111 lol
@prashkd7684
Жыл бұрын
holy crap that telescope mechanism is just insane..
@stanb1455
Жыл бұрын
Still a personal privacy destruction bot
@Rebelnightwolfe
Жыл бұрын
It looks like a Lenovo Yoga Tab and a Segway had a lovechild.
@grimhhch
Жыл бұрын
This…is…terrifying
@Loneman_OG
Жыл бұрын
Who needs to sneakily eavesdrop via an echo now that people _will_ willingly invite Amazon to surreptitiously surveil them and their family, plus have their whole home mapped out just by _selling_ a _cutesy wikkle wobot?_ 🤖 Say buh-byeee to any semblance of privacy! :SMH:
@jameslabs1
Жыл бұрын
Thanks and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023
@pc_man18
Жыл бұрын
At 3:45, you can find a static discharge brush similar to that one on most Roomba models now! They’re much smaller but serve the same purpose.
@DoubleCTech
Жыл бұрын
Wow I didn’t realize how complex it is. The price seems a little more reasonable to me.
@ANTALIFE
Жыл бұрын
Given that Amazon acquired iRobot (roomba) earlier this year, I wonder how much of what we see inside was designed by them
@thehumblefactory
Жыл бұрын
...And how much of roomba's home-mapping software is deployed on these things.
@ANTALIFE
Жыл бұрын
@@thehumblefactory yup lol, not long till Amazon advertisements will be saying "based on your available floor space, this couch will be a nice fit"
@reactortechroblox
Жыл бұрын
That dance was adorable
@TheSpotify95
Жыл бұрын
Hmm, interesting to see its modularity (especially with regards to the battery), but I won't be having anything like this any time soon. This must be a security and privacy nightmare if it is sending data to/from Amazon!
@MaxHarden
Жыл бұрын
Love my Astro. Childhood dream came true.
@SpikeTiger
Жыл бұрын
repairability should consider putting things back together for next year too... if it dosent work you might get some good bloopers
@OishikSarkargplus
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant teardown
@rockulushollywood3913
Жыл бұрын
The speaker on Astro is excellent. That’s good because that’s about all I use mine for
@Tony-xf8dx
Жыл бұрын
This thing looks crazy expensive. If the purchase price isn't crazy expensive it's because Amazon is getting their money back some either way
@delldell21
Жыл бұрын
I don't want amazon having a map of my home.
@iannorton5514
Жыл бұрын
This is horrifying.
@birdpump
Жыл бұрын
Very professional design
@brianwood5220
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all at iFixit. Thanks a million for all your instructional videos. 🎅
@Thedownliner2015
Жыл бұрын
Feels like we are speeding towards an episode of Black Mirror lol.
@cbeomjun
Жыл бұрын
My Roomba s9 has that tiny brush in the back too, I was really curious why that would be there, and static discharge makes a lot of sense!
@Delta-1X-Ray
Жыл бұрын
Good day. I was wondering. Since I'm a walking static man. Do you have a specific brand of gloves that I should wear if I were to disassemble a device?
@OliveHugh2
Жыл бұрын
And Amazon gets an even better view in your home, nice /sarcasm
@faengelm
Жыл бұрын
I hope Amazon offers a way to buy parts such as the battery and cup holder
@lewiskelly14
Жыл бұрын
You can dream
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
@@lewiskelly14 I expect that they will if the product doesn't die. Otherwise, it will be a matter of rebuilding the pack, or sending it in to somebody. It could be like Aibo, where Sony was of no help but private individuals popped up on the Web to offer rebuild services. But Amazon isn't Sony, so they might have a different attitude. It's hard to say since in the past, it came down to much cheaper devices. If your $40 Fire stick fails and you ask them about repair, they'll just offer you a discount coupon for a new one. They can't do that with a $1500 (if it gets there) robot.
@dave5265
Жыл бұрын
It just needs a way to bring me a beer from the fridge. That's all I want a robot for.
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
For now, it requires somebody in the kitchen (or wherever the fridge is) to put a beer in the holder and say "Take this to Dave." It will then look around, spin in circles, and eventually go from room to room to track you down. If somebody says "Dave is in the family room" while it's looking around, it will speed things up, assuming that you are actually there.
@benjiebarker
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been through 3 astro robots…there is only one vent on the bottom, if i’m not mistaken….if i was to use a router fan on that vent would it be more effective to have hot air sucked out of astro or should orient the router fan to blow air into the vent?
@hugowells3052
Жыл бұрын
This is like something out of black mirror
@friendlyperson9841
Жыл бұрын
Tiny question. Does it work without internet access and only on the local network, connected to something like home assistant?
@Kalvinjj
Жыл бұрын
From what I saw on Amazon's page, it already requires a fairly new phone to begin with so you can bet not. Maybe some few functions like following and such.
@dschaedler
Жыл бұрын
Depending on the price this could be a cool movement platform for custom robots.. Atleast I am not going to let a robot camera run free in my home, especially not with software from amazon 😅
@kerimmededovicarchive6884
Жыл бұрын
The headlight looking thing is an ir led and sensor.
@clashofclansshield8583
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if when the SDK gets released, can an implementation to the eufy environment be feasible? Mine came with the 6 month ring trial, I saw that new invites have been decreased to one month and the price has been raised to 1600$. Glad I got mine when I did.
@srsys88
Жыл бұрын
Imagine having a house big enough to need something like this?...
@CateChapelle
Жыл бұрын
It’ll probably cost multiple thousands of dollars so I bet most people who can afford it do have houses that big
@jackbui2944
Жыл бұрын
@@CateChapelle It cost 1000usd atm.
@agentid36
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a great source of pretty decent brushless motors once they start getting thrown away.
@anth0r
Жыл бұрын
Dude I love the shirt. I stumbled on this video because I finally got the invite to try it but I’m debating. Haha I only want it to mess with it. I void warranties as well hahaha
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
Technically, you can void the warranty only by causing actual damage. Once you own it, you have every right to open it up and do whatever you want. If something else breaks, a company can't say that the warranty is void simply because you opened it, unless they can show how the failure is related. There are exceptions such as an HDD assembly with a sticker saying that removing it voids the warranty, because microparticles of dust can destroy what's inside.
@hikotee
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised it went back together that well!
@joelmulder
Жыл бұрын
Does amazon really expect us to trust this thing driving around our homes autonomously?
@heyspookyboogie644
Жыл бұрын
Yaaaa I don’t want Amazon surveilling my home. No thanks.
@lukeh990
Жыл бұрын
That top sensor you displayed looks like a ultrasonic sensor. Those two circles are usually the main indicator that it’s ultrasonic.
@EdnovStormbrewer
Жыл бұрын
You know for once, I say I agree with what the guy is saying about Astro having an empty space inside because of more room to apply mods to it.
@peteepablo3035
Жыл бұрын
Not that race color matters I'm Latino and Amazon approved my invitation to get Astro!!! Bro is soo cool to have around 😎!! Wish this thing was around when I was a kid!!!
@abinms9347
Жыл бұрын
do you have sales in india?? ( apple iphone components)
@VeganRashad
Жыл бұрын
I can’t believe it was only 999.99
@zodiacfml
Жыл бұрын
I don't even know this product!😅 How come this never came as tech news?
@TerryLawrence001
Жыл бұрын
I believe that the optical sensor is a time of flight distance sensor.
@TheMrRatzz
Жыл бұрын
... and record the layout of your home, whether you are in or not, your habits and private activity used for blackmail. I'll have two. One for upstairs too!
@jamesmcmasters9392
Жыл бұрын
It's a vacuum on wheels without the Vacuuming ;)
@mattmanmcfee36
Жыл бұрын
oof no warning for flashes
@vjose69
Жыл бұрын
Hey there's extra😵 parts to the right
@WyvernDotRed
Жыл бұрын
What a creepy thing to have in one's house. If I'd visit someone and they had one of these, I'd literally put a bag over it and ask them to leave it in another room next time. Technologically it is a cool thing, I'd love to use it as a weird RC car- when running fully self installed firmware. But with Alexa and always connected to the internet, yuck.
@ireeabrahamer8218
Жыл бұрын
This will make so many people uncomfortable lol
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
You glossed over the sound module, but can I rightfully assume that calling it 2.1 is BS? A real subwoofer would outweigh Astro to begin with, but does it even have a woofer that they are pretending is a subwoofer?
@Berniesf
Жыл бұрын
I ordered an Astro... it was always running hot to the touch. Amazon sent a replacement, same thing. It feels hot, especially when you are doing a constant task like listening to music. Battery life is a paltry 2 hours and 50 minutes when left idle, if you play music at 50% volume, less than two hours. I bought an IR camera just to measure the external temperature: 120F on average, which means internal temperature is a raging inferno. Unfortunately I'm past the return window. Just 3 words: dont buy it.
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
Battery life is shorter than I expected, but charging time is also much faster than I expected. It has no problem going to its charger. If you want it primarily to follow you around to play music, it's not a good solution compared to spending a fraction of that money on high end Echo devices for each room.
@ginx2666
Жыл бұрын
If I see that spybot near me, I will immediately kick it to death.
@AutumnRain
Жыл бұрын
gonna reduce this thing's repairability score to 0 when i'm done with it
@marsrover001
Жыл бұрын
Yeah if I can format the memory and kick it off Amazon servers I'm interested.
@sweetautumnfox
9 ай бұрын
oh god they they did surgery on a robot
@Adri_BlackBeast
Жыл бұрын
And the punctuation?
@somethinlike23
Жыл бұрын
Is this man a trained shakespearean actor?
@genericscottishchannel1603
Жыл бұрын
ah yes, fixing tech design, buddy that'll take a hard reset to pull off at this rate That battery capacity is comical
@I_love_JBL77
Ай бұрын
Are you repairing it?
@Shlooomth
Жыл бұрын
maybe it's because it's a surveillance robot
@Abhi-now
Жыл бұрын
I Don't Think Robots Can Do Proper Survillance, Like What If The Intruder Comes When This Is Charging Or Low On Battery?
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
If an intruder comes in while it's charging, it's no worse than if an intruder comes in while it's in a different room. Charging is relatively fast, and it pays attention while charging. It will probably charge when it's around 50% so it's unlikely that it won't have enough power to go somewhere at any given time. And if an intruder is in the house, I wouldn't expect the intruder to stay there for hours after you've been informed.
@berberger4814
Жыл бұрын
@iFixit can you make a video about the Samsung Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro? think thats getting a higher repair score and its not that bad of an smartphone (got 5g soc - same one as in a52s 5g and usb 3)
@AZ-74
Жыл бұрын
vacuum with an ipad face
@IOwnThisHandle
Жыл бұрын
Wheels don't deal with steps or even minor obstacles very well. 0 out of 10
@fyzxnerd
Жыл бұрын
It looks like fun, but it's Amazon so no.
@I_love_JBL77
Ай бұрын
I want an Astro I have an alexa
@ThylineTheGay
Жыл бұрын
You should probably give 0:58 a photosensitivity warning.
@familiahyginomiranda
Жыл бұрын
It's is considered a homicide or a robotcide?
@mameroo2000
Жыл бұрын
Thos thing would be more useful if it has vacuum built into it. Other than that I still think it's useless
@たっくんのたくみチャンネル
Жыл бұрын
Hey! I need an Japanese translation!(even I'm Understand English)
@cripticdestiny
Жыл бұрын
Digital wiretap at it's finest
@loiclahaye7695
Жыл бұрын
This is some new surveillance bullshit
@stockhuman
Жыл бұрын
Who… buys this? Besos aficionados?
@mrtnalvrz
4 ай бұрын
Many of the comments on this video seem to come more from conspiratorial nut-jobs than engineers. Of course you are been tracked, if you live in today's world of course you are been tracked... BY EVERYONE. The price of a more "futuristic" world. Read Asimov.
@Mlen_
Жыл бұрын
zust
@volvo245glt
Жыл бұрын
Pretty useless device. My robotic vacuum cleaner can do the same surveillance, and it vacuums too.
@hotfistVODS
Жыл бұрын
I hate that shirt so much Opening devices does not void warranties in the USA, and saying it does is illegal (for the mfg) I understand the joke but I'd much rather you be cramming the magnason moss warranty act down peoples throats than a joke that perpetuates a dangerous lie
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
It does in very limited cases, such as opening up an HDD, where something like a head crash most likely happened because of something like micro dust particles. It wouldn't be reasonable to claim that a failure was unrelated to opening it. Likewise, if something fails due to not being properly sealed, it's reasonable to suspect that opening it up might have been the problem. But in almost all cases, whatever the item is, it's yours and you have the right to open it up and do whatever you want. Saying that it does might not be illegal, but failing to honor the warranty would be illegal.
@hotfistVODS
Жыл бұрын
@@bW9taeH4 instead of focusing on extremely fringe case AKCHUALLY maybe dont go all hailcorporate and recognize that breaking the law to protect your bottom line and hurt consumers is bad
@bW9taeH4
Жыл бұрын
It would be breaking the law to enforce the provision. It's a given that provisions that are illegal to enforce can't be enforced, but it's not actionable if they don't deny you service.
@jerrybomcool
Жыл бұрын
First?
@garievolutionsoccer3218
Жыл бұрын
an useless robot
@lewiskelly14
Жыл бұрын
Amazon is getting no robot data from me
@RetardedCosmo
Жыл бұрын
In German "Fixmas" pronounced sounds ..yeah well like "f*ckmas" thanks for the last laugh of that year :D
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