The first step bringing us closer to the desired goal is the prototype ASAS instrument, equipped with 768x512 Kodak CCD and 135/1.8 telephoto lens, mounted on the computer controlled robotic mount, which was developed at the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory and since April 7, 1997 operates at the Las Campanas Observatory, Chile It makes over 100 3-minute exposures per night, continually monitoring about 120 sq. degs of the sky.