Ring Robotics Launches AI Pilot-Powered Drone Cam and Rover Cam for Home and Business Security
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Ring, known for its doorbell cameras, launches a home security drone and an enterprise security robot
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company, is launching its own robotics division, with an eye toward automating security at both the home and the office. The company announced Ring Robotics on Tuesday, debuting two new devices that are sure to stir more than a little bit of controversy. The
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Ring's Indoor Drone Camera Is Back -- and Now Powered by AI
This $250 Drone Cam flies around your home to monitor threats. There's also the Rover Cam for businesses, featuring the guts of Amazon's former Astro robot. No one's home tonight, but the sensor on your home office window upstairs alerts your phone: "Motion detected." Maybe it's just your cat, or
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Ring says its flying indoor security camera is finally shipping
Ring is finally shipping a flying indoor drone camera. For real this time. The Ring Drone Cam will arrive on January 27th, 2027, for $249.99, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said at a launch event in New York City this week. If it does actually ship, it will arrive almost six years after the company
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Ring's new drone patrols your home to keep an eye on things - even upstairs
Alongside the Ring Drone Cam, Ring introduced the Rover Cam for businesses. It investigates disturbances and streams 4K footage. Today, Ring announced the launch of a new subbrand, Ring Robotics, with two new products: the $249 Ring Drone Cam, an indoor "mobile security camera" drone that shoots
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Amazon's New Ring Security Cameras Can Fly Around Your House or Roam Around Your Business
Ring's new AI-powered security devices include a $250 drone and a $1,000 roving robot. Amazon's Ring is best known for its doorbell and home security cameras, but now the company is rolling out cameras that can move around on their own. Ring announced Tuesday a new product category called Ring
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Ring is launching a flying security camera to patrol your home
Ring has announced the Ring Drone Cam, a flying indoor security camera. The drone can fly to where an incident is triggered, record in light and dark environments, and capture video in 2K resolution. Shipping starts on January 27, 2027, for $249.99. In 2020, Amazon held a hardware event where it
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Ring's flying security camera is finally coming, six years late, for $250
Ring scrapped two earlier drones before leaning on cloud AI, and turned Amazon's Astro into a $1,000 patrol robot. Amazon's Ring will sell the $250 Ring Drone Cam, an indoor flying security camera, from late January, more than six years after first announcing it. It also launched the $1,000 Rover
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Ring's wheeled and flying robots will patrol your home
Some people use a whole bunch of fixed cameras to monitor their homes, but Amazon has just announced a more flexible solution through wheeled and flying robots. Both the $250 Drone Cam and $1,000 Rover Cam can respond to alarms or door and window sensor alerts in order to go check out what's
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'It's loud -- we think that's a feature. This thing is not gonna sneak up on you': Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff on why Ring Drone Cam's sound is intentional
* Ring is finally ready to ship its home-surveillance drone * The Ring Drone Cam is lighter than some smartphones * A cloud-based AI Pilot does all the driving Third time may be the charm for Ring's long-gestating security drone efforts -- and Ring CEO Jamie Simioff insists that the new Ring
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Ring to release indoor home security drone (for real this time)
The Ring Drone Cam takes flight. Credit: René Ramos / CNET Group Amazon's Ring Robotics announced two new security devices on Tuesday: the Ring Drone Cam for residential use and the Ring Rover Cam for commercial use. Amazon also announced the release of a new tool called AI Pilot, a cloud-based
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Amazon's Ring is unveiling an AI-powered security drone after delays
The Amazon unit launched Ring Robotics with a $1,000 Rover Cam security robot for businesses that is due to ship Dec. 16 Amazon $AMZN's Ring unit introduced Ring Robotics on Tuesday, a line of autonomous security devices that starts with a flying indoor camera called the Ring Drone Cam and a
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Ring's New $250 Indoor Camera Drone Sounds Terrifying
Ring made its name with its smart doorbells with built-in cameras, and now sells more indoor cameras than any other company, capturing more than 40% of the market. When you've already moved tens of millions of devices (enough to raise serious concerns about their use as part of the surveillance
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Amazon's Ring launches flying camera, autonomous security robot
Amazon's Ring on Tuesday launched a new robotics business with two autonomous security products, a flying indoor camera for homes and a roving security robot designed for businesses, as the company expands beyond its established lineup of home-security devices. Both devices - Ring Drone and Ring
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Ring Makes a Flying Security Camera For Better Home Security
Amazon's Ring Robotics category introduces a flying indoor security camera and an autonomous business patrol robot, both powered by its AI Pilot system. Amazon's Ring is expanding beyond fixed security cameras and video doorbells with two devices that can move around the areas they monitor. The
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Amazon's Ring launches flying camera, autonomous security robot
Nov 10 (Reuters) - Amazon's Ring on Tuesday launched a new robotics business with two autonomous security products, a flying indoor camera for homes and a roving security robot designed for businesses, as the company expands beyond its established lineup of home-security devices. o Both devices -
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Amazon's Ring unveiled Ring Robotics with two AI-powered security devices: the $250 Ring Drone Cam launching January 27, 2027, and the $999 Ring Rover Cam shipping December 16, 2026. Both use AI Pilot for autonomous navigation but face privacy concerns despite TAKE encryption.
Amazon's Ring launched Ring Robotics, a new product division introducing AI-powered security devices that autonomously patrol homes and businesses
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. The Ring Drone Cam, priced at $249.99, ships January 27, 2027, while the Ring Rover Cam, retailing at $999.99, begins shipping December 16, 20263
.Ring Drone Cam Brings Indoor Security Drone to Consumer Market
The Ring Drone Cam represents a six-year development journey since the company first announced its Always Home Cam concept in 2020
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. Founder Jamie Siminoff revealed the team encountered persistent engineering challenges fitting cameras, sensors, batteries, and propellers into a flyable device5
. The breakthrough came when Ring moved the intelligence off the drone and into cloud processing, creating a lightweight 165-gram device2
.This indoor security drone shoots 2K resolution video with a 148-degree field of view and operates exclusively indoors, requiring Wi-Fi connectivity
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. The home security drone integrates with existing Ring devices through the Alexa Home Map, automatically responding to triggers from motion sensors, door sensors, or alarms1
. Users can schedule patrols along pre-programmed routes or deploy the drone on demand to investigate specific areas4
.The device flies for 5 to 8 minutes per charge, requiring approximately 40 minutes of charging for every 5 minutes of flight time
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. LED spotlights enable night surveillance and serve as potential deterrents to intruders1
. The drone's propellers generate intentionally loud buzzing sounds, preventing covert surveillance and alerting household members to its operation2
.AI Pilot Powers Autonomous Navigation Through Cloud Processing
Both Ring Robotics devices leverage AI Pilot, Ring's proprietary navigation system combining vision models, sensors, and cloud processing for autonomous movement
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. Siminoff described AI Pilot as "truly like an AI agent that's controlling the robot," enabling devices to map interior spaces and navigate around obstacles without manual control3
.The Ring Drone Cam sends video directly to Ring's servers where AI Pilot determines navigation paths, allowing the hardware to remain lightweight and nimble
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. This cloud-dependent architecture creates a critical vulnerability: without internet connectivity, the drone can only execute emergency landings3
. The device includes obstacle avoidance and motor health checks before each flight, refusing to launch if problems are detected2
.Users cannot manually pilot the drone but instead create patrol points in the Ring app, establishing predetermined routes through their homes
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. The autonomous navigation system develops detailed schematics by exploring spaces independently, though demonstrations showed limited interaction with obstacles or unexpected scenarios3
.Ring Rover Cam Targets Enterprise Security with 4K Surveillance
The Ring Rover Cam extends AI-powered security to businesses with a wheeled enterprise security robot designed for warehouses, offices, and commercial spaces
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. The security robot streams continuous 4K video viewable through Ring's mobile app and features a periscope camera that extends to see over obstacles like shelving and counters1
.Built on technology from Amazon's discontinued Astro home robot, the Rover Cam performs scheduled patrols and automatically investigates disturbances detected by other Ring devices
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. The robot includes two-way audio enabling remote communication with employees or intruders, plus sirens and flashing lights for deterrence5
. Ring positions the device as "a guard on patrol who never clocks out," capable of floor sweeps after closing and 2 a.m. sensor investigations1
.The Rover Cam operates significantly quieter than the drone, traveling at low speeds while using AI Pilot for real-time obstacle navigation
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. A light tower projects illumination onto ceilings for location tracking in large facilities4
. The device enters sleep mode by retracting its camera and disabling its microphone when not actively patrolling5
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Privacy Concerns Persist Despite TAKE Encryption Implementation
Ring addressed privacy concerns by implementing Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE), described as the company's "strongest default encryption yet"
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. TAKE encrypts video in transit and rotates encryption keys every five minutes, with Ring temporarily holding keys to process cloud-based AI features before deleting its copy after 24 hours2
.This encryption system limits information Ring can share with law enforcement to "non-video information, such as basic subscriber information" for customers enabling TAKE
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. However, the brief server-side access window means TAKE doesn't provide true end-to-end encryption2
. Ring requires two-factor authentication for all accounts accessing these devices2
.Thorin Klosowski, senior security and privacy activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, raised concerns about Ring's history of normalizing suburban surveillance and cozy relationships with law enforcement
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. Earlier in 2026, Ring canceled a planned partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety following public backlash over its AI-powered "Search Party" feature, with critics including Sen. Ed Markey expressing concerns about potential human surveillance capabilities5
.Both devices include LED indicators showing recording status, and the drone's camera remains shuttered while docked
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. Ring emphasizes local storage options remain unclear, as Ring cameras typically record to cloud storage requiring a Ring Protect plan for video storage and advanced features3
. The devices are assembled in Texas and comply with US regulations, though Ring is still obtaining FCC certification for the drone2
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