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But first, in an acknowledgement that cracking the home robotics market is hard, Amazon is bringing

its Astro Robot to a decidedly more corporate audience.

The company today announced Astro for Business, which repurposes Astro as a security robot

for small and medium sized business customers.

Astro for Business adds several new capabilities to Astro,

including the ability to create multiple security monitoring routes

and send alerts when the robot hears the sounds of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms or glass breaking.

Astro for Business isn't exactly cheap though starting at $2,349.99

especially considering getting the full value out of the service, requires subscribing

to additional plans.

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