Ring Unveils Indoor Drone and Patrol Robot for Homes and Businesses

Amazon-owned Ring has introduced an indoor security drone for home monitoring and an autonomous robot for business patrols. According to Sina Finance, the Ring Drone Cam costs $250 and can fly between rooms, including upstairs, to investigate alerts or sensors triggered at doors, windows, or home security devices; users can also deploy it manually. It can fly for up to eight minutes before returning to its charging dock. Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff said the drone’s built-in LED light could also deter crime. Ring first previewed the drone in 2020 as the Always Home Cam, and Siminoff said the company delayed its release to refine the design, sensors, and data processing. The company also unveiled the $1,000 Ring Rover Cam, which adapts Amazon’s Astro home robot for patrols in offices, warehouses, and other workplaces. The device has a display on a two-wheeled base, a retractable periscope camera, a siren, two-way audio, and a light that shines toward the ceiling to help users locate it. Ring said the devices have privacy as their default setting and flash LEDs while recording. Siminoff said the drone cannot fly outdoors under U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rules, and that safeguards prevent it from doing so. Ring said Drone Cam shipments in the U.S. are scheduled to begin January 27, pending Federal Communications Commission approval, while Rover Cam shipments are scheduled to begin December 16.