Amazon's new home robot looks too cute to want to annihilate humans

With a cute-and-not-creepy looking gadget, Amazon has set its sights on household robots and has unveiled a new kind of device that is set to make everyday tasks at home a little easier. — AFP

Amazon is now taking its first step into the emerging business of home robots with Astro. Imagine a kind of pet-sized tablet on wheels with a camera for video chat and surveillance. Amazon is trying very hard to make it not creepy.

Unlike the sci-fi visions of humanoid robots with empty stares and a tendency to turn on their masters, Amazon's first home robot looks far too cute to ever become self aware and hijack nuclear warheads to carry out a pre-emptive strike on humans.