Amazon’s Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer

Amazon’s new home robot Astro has been spotted in the wild. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

Photos and videos of Amazon’s home robot Astro in the real world have begun to emerge as early adopters of the invite-only smart home gadget start to play around with their new bot.

Surprisingly, despite the device starting to ship last November, only a couple of videos have emerged so far. Bob Rekieta uploaded this video of his Astro trundling off after being commanded to go to the den with a beer onboard (presumably that someone put there, as this thing does not have hands).

Screenshot from YouTube video by Bob Rekieta

Astro brings Celeste a beer.

Then Astro is told to “find Celeste,” and the robot tilts its screen disarmingly while looking around with its circular “eyes.” It executes the command, finding...