Ring launches autonomous security drone and robot
Ring has launched Ring Robotics, starting with an indoor flying camera and a security robot for businesses, taking Amazon's camera brand from fixed cameras into mobile, AI-guided patrols.
Amazon's Ring announced Ring Robotics, a new product line of security devices that move around a space to patrol, investigate and respond on their own. It launches with two devices: Ring Drone Cam, an indoor flying camera for homes, and Ring Rover Cam, a ground robot for businesses.
Both devices run on AI Pilot, a system Ring built itself. It combines the devices' cameras, specialized vision models, on-device sensors and cloud processing. During setup, users carry the drone through their space, while the rover explores on its own. AI Pilot then builds a floor plan, labels rooms and suggests patrol points such as side doors, windows or a register. When a patrol starts, it plans a route to each point and steers around furniture and shelving in real time.
Ring Drone records 2K video with a 148° field of view and can rotate 360°. It has two LED lights that turn on automatically in low light. It flies routes on a schedule or on demand, and it launches automatically to preset points when another Ring camera, sensor or alarm is triggered. It can also be controlled from the new Alexa Home Map.
Ring Rover streams video in up to 4K and does a 360° scan when it reaches a patrol point. Businesses can schedule it to patrol after closing or before opening. Ring says the rover was inspired by Amazon Astro owners who named roving security as their favorite feature, and that it draws on Astro technology.
Founder Jamie Siminoff called it "the beginning of a future where proactive, autonomous protection is something every home and every business can have."
The announcement material available does not include pricing, availability dates or details of how video is processed and stored.