Amazon’s Ring has announced mobile security devices that fly through homes or patrol businesses on wheels. Its AI Pilot system combines camera images, sensors and cloud processing to map spaces and navigate programmed patrols. Both connect to existing Ring devices. The announcement also describes recording controls and privacy modes, while the home drone still requires US regulatory authorization.
Ring, Amazon’s security-device business, has announced Ring Robotics with a flying indoor camera and a wheeled patrol robot for businesses. Drone Cam is designed to follow routes inside homes; Rover Cam moves through business premises. Both connect to existing Ring cameras, sensors and alarms. Users can initiate a check on demand, schedule patrols or send a device to investigate a connected sensor’s alert.[1], [2]
The devices use AI Pilot, Ring’s navigation system combining cameras, vision models, onboard sensors and cloud processing. During setup, a user carries the drone around the space, while the rover can explore autonomously. The system builds a floor plan, identifies rooms and suggests patrol points. Users can add their own points. Ring says the system plans routes from that map and navigates around obstacles.[1]
Ring says Drone Cam’s camera turns off while docked. Rover Cam’s sleep mode retracts its camera mast and disables its microphone; recording indicators signal active capture. The rover also supports two-way audio and a siren. Drone Cam still requires authorization from the Federal Communications Commission, the US communications regulator. Amazon’s announcement states that it cannot be offered for sale or lease before that authorization is obtained.[1]
