Amazon's secret Burnham project aims to give Astro a brain
Amazon is secretly working on an LLM-powered project dubbed Burnham to make its Astro home robot substantially smarter, according to leaked internal documents reported by Insider. The system adds conversational abilities and contextual understanding, letting the robot remember what it sees, spot hazards like running faucets, or call emergency services if someone falls. Why it matters: Amazon built the hardware body, but Astro desperately needed common sense—though a commercial rollout remains far off.