Amazon's Ring on Tuesday launched a new robotics business with two autonomous security products: a flying indoor camera for homes and a roving robot for businesses, expanding beyond its doorbell and fixed-camera lineup. The devices — the Ring Drone Cam and the Ring Rover Cam — are the first products under a new Ring Robotics banner.
The Drone Cam, priced at $249.99, is designed to fly preset routes around a home on a schedule or on demand, or to fly to a room to investigate when another Ring device is triggered, such as a motion or leak sensor. It records 2K video through a camera with a 148-degree field of view that can rotate 360 degrees, and it carries LED lights for low-light patrols. The drone weighs 165 grams and can fly for about five to eight minutes before returning to its dock to recharge. While docked, its camera is off.
The Rover Cam, priced at $999.99, is a wheeled robot for businesses that patrols predetermined routes, investigates disturbances and streams video in up to 4K resolution. It carries a periscope camera, a siren and a light tower. Preorders are open now, and Ring plans to start shipping it in the United States on December 16.
Both devices are powered by AI Pilot, Ring's proprietary system that combines cameras, vision models, on-device sensors and cloud processing to map a space, suggest patrol points and navigate around obstacles. Scheduled flights and patrols, and reviewing the Rover's recorded video, require a Ring Protect subscription.
The Drone Cam is scheduled to ship in the United States on January 27, 2027, but it has not yet received the required authorization from the Federal Communications Commission, so its sale remains subject to regulatory approval. Ring is taking email sign-ups for the drone rather than preorders.
The launch revives an idea Ring first showed in 2020, when it unveiled the Always Home Cam, an indoor flying camera also priced at $249.99 that never received a wide commercial release. Founder Jamie Siminoff said earlier versions were redesigned repeatedly because engineers struggled to fit the cameras, sensors, batteries and propellers into a device that could actually fly — and that the new Drone Cam is finally ready for the general public. Ring also notes the drone's propellers are loud by design, so its flights are easy to hear.
