Amazon

Editorial assessment of Amazon's consumer robots, company stability and — where it applies — its record of discontinued products.

Robots we score

Track record in the robot graveyard

Products from Amazon that were discontinued, bricked, or shut down — the clearest evidence for a maker's longevity.

• Astro for Business (died 2024-09-25) — Amazon discontinued the business version of Astro barely a year after launch, disabling the units and offering refunds. The consumer Astro continues as an invite-only preview — but the episode showed even a trillion-dollar maker will brick a robot line. details