Amazon-owned Ring has unveiled two autonomous security devices, the Ring Drone Cam and the Ring Rover Cam, extending the Amazon subsidiary’s range from fixed cameras to a flying indoor camera and a patrol robot for businesses.
Key Takeaways
- Ring Drone Cam costs US$249.99 and ships to US customers on 27 January 2027.
- Ring Rover Cam costs US$999.99 and ships to US customers on 16 December 2026.
- Both devices run on Ring’s AI Pilot system, which maps spaces and navigates around obstacles.
Ring Drone Cam: a flying security camera for the home
The Ring Drone Cam is a flying indoor security camera designed to give whole-home visibility. It offers a 148-degree field of view, rotates 360 degrees and records 2K video, with two built-in LED lights for low-light conditions.
Owners can set custom flight routes on a schedule, which requires a Ring Protect plan. The drone can also fly automatically to patrol points when a Ring camera, sensor or alarm is triggered. It works with Ring cameras, doorbells, sensors and alarms, and can be controlled through Alexa Home Map. While docked, its camera stays off until a flight begins.
Ring Rover Cam: an autonomous security robot for businesses
The Ring Rover Cam is aimed at business users. It can be sent to any room or saved patrol point, where it performs a 360-degree scan on arrival, and it can run scheduled patrols with a Ring Protect plan. It also responds automatically when a Ring device is triggered.
The robot carries an adjustable periscope camera mast and records up to 4K video while moving or patrolling. For deterrence, it includes a siren, a light tower and two-way audio. It detects people continuously, even when docked, and a Sleep Mode retracts the periscope and switches off the microphone. Ring says the product originated from feedback by customers of Amazon’s Astro home robot about roving security.
AI Pilot and privacy safeguards
Both devices are powered by AI Pilot, a custom system that combines cameras, vision models, on-device sensors and cloud processing. It maps spaces, suggests patrol points and navigates around obstacles.
On privacy, both products have LED recording indicators. Videos are protected by Throw Away the Key (TAKE) encryption, which Ring describes as its strongest default encryption yet.
Jamie Siminoff, Ring’s founder and chief inventor, said customers wanted cameras in places a fixed camera could not reach, and that the answer lay in “reimagining what a security device could be”. He described Ring Robotics as the start of a future in which proactive, autonomous protection is available to every home and business.
Pricing, availability and regulatory status
Ring announced the products on 10 November 2026. The Rover Cam is open for preorders and ships to US customers on 16 December 2026, while the Drone Cam ships on 27 January 2027, with email sign-up available. The Drone Cam has not yet received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorisation and may not be sold or leased until it does.
The announcement does not say whether either device will be offered in Singapore or elsewhere in Asia-Pacific. For now, shipping is confined to the United States.
