Ring launches drone for indoor home patrols and business security robot

Amazon’s Ring has launched Ring Robotics, introducing the $249.99 Drone Cam for indoor home patrols and the $999.99 Rover Cam for security patrols at businesses. The Drone Cam follows scheduled or user-selected routes, streams 2K video, and can investigate alerts from other Ring devices, but users cannot pilot it freely; Ring says its AI Pilot system maps spaces and navigates between patrol points. The Rover Cam patrols business premises with 4K video, an extendable periscope camera, two-way audio, and an alert siren. The Rover is available to preorder and is scheduled to ship Dec. 16, while the Drone Cam is slated for Jan. 27, 2027, pending required FCC authorization; scheduled patrols and access to recorded Rover footage require a Ring Protect subscription, with eligible plans not yet specified. Demonstrations found the drone loud and limited to about eight minutes of flight before recharging. The Rover moves slowly and appears better suited to routine monitoring than rapid response.