Amazon announced Astro, a security solution for small and medium-sized businesses that combines robotics, smart security, and artificial intelligence.
Customers can customize Astro with individually sold subscriptions, which each provide additional benefits when bundled.
Subscription includes Ring Protect Pro and Astro Secure. Customers can also add Virtual Security Guard for additional monitoring capabilities.
With a Ring Protect Pro subscription, you can save Astro video history for up to 180 days and sync Astro with Ring Alarm to connect motion detectors and door and window sensors to alarms.
An Astro Secure subscription enables the robot to conduct autonomous patrols and allows customers to create multiple custom security monitoring paths with specific fields of view and frequencies. Astro also sends smart alerts to customers if they hear smoke, carbon monoxide, or broken glass.
With a Virtual Security Guard subscription, customers can quickly respond when Astro is in home or away mode, and the robot will alert customers if it detects an unknown person.
From after-hours inspections to patrols and sending alerts when problems arise, Astro gives business owners the peace of mind they need, knowing they can better protect their business.
“According to the National Retail Federation, companies will incur losses of nearly $100 billion in 2022,” said Anthony Robson, chief product officer at Astro. “Traditional security solutions are impractical or too expensive for a business's needs. “We believe Astro can help solve this problem.”
Amazon has tested Astro in industries such as retail, manufacturing, health and wellness, food and beverage, and construction and quickly adopted it as a reliable security service.
Astro's mobility provides visibility into blind spots and unseen areas using existing fixed cameras, giving customers peace of mind that warehouses, offices and factories are protected even when they're not there.
Amazon designed its bots to give customers the ability to track their activities 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even when they return home in the evening.
The robot can map areas up to 5,000 square feet and is equipped with a live-view camera, two-way talk capability, and an HD telephoto camera with night vision and visual detection to send intelligent alerts about unknown people.
Customers can control Amazon robots using the Amazon Astro app; You can easily check in remotely, communicate with employees, change patrol schedules, and arm and disarm Astro.
Astro Robot pricing starts at $2,350, and with purchase, customers receive a free trial of Ring Protect Pro ($20 per month) and Astro Secure ($60 per month), valued at $320.
Customers who subscribe to both Ring Protect Pro and Astro Secure can also add a Virtual Security Guard subscription for $100 per month.