Amazon introduced a $249.99 flying home security camera drone and a $999.99 business patrol robot on Tuesday as part of its Ring Robotics division.
The Ring Drone Cam is a lightweight quadcopter designed to fly scheduled patrol routes around residential interiors. It records video in 2K resolution through a 148-degree field of view and features 360-degree rotation alongside dual LED spotlights for low-light environments.
Powered by a cloud-based system called AI Pilot, the drone builds interior floor plans and responds to alerts from connected Ring devices, sensors, or alarms by flying directly to the disturbance. Flight time is limited to about eight minutes per charge, and the drone returns automatically to its docking station when finished.
The device weighs 165 grams and works with the Alexa Home Map. During a preview event, the drone was shown in white, but the final version sold to consumers will be dark grey. It requires about an hour to fully recharge once returned to its base station, with eight minutes on the dock restoring one minute of flight time.
Performance may experience degradation when operating near reflective surfaces like polished marble or wet tile, blank matte walls devoid of features, or transparent surfaces such as frameless glass and mirrors. Jamie Siminoff said that the product is fully assembled in the USA and compliant with the Trump administration’s recent ban on drones and robots made overseas.
“As we tried to fix the edge cases that we were running into to make this work inside of a home, that would add a sensor or more processing,” Jamie Siminoff said.
“It’s loud — we think that’s a feature. This thing is not gonna sneak up on you,” said Jamie Siminoff, who said that people stopping him on the street frequently asked where the drone was after a decade of development efforts.
The second product from Ring Robotics is the Ring Rover Cam, a wheeled security robot built for commercial workspaces such as offices and warehouses. Repurposing hardware from Amazon's earlier Astro device, the Rover features a telescoping 4K camera mast, a built-in siren, two-way audio, and a ceiling-projected light ring to track its location, pitched as “an autonomous security robot designed for business.”
The Rover Cam covers up to 5,000 square feet on a single floor and patrols autonomously using the AI Pilot system. It is available for pre-order at a price of $999.99 and is scheduled to begin shipping to customers on December 16, 2026.
The wheeled robot is designed exclusively for single-floor indoor environments due to its lack of stair-climbing capability. The product description warns it is incompatible with curved edges, sunken areas, flooring transitions greater than 1.375 inches (3.5 centimeters), and black glossy floors.
“I think we've been a leader in privacy,” Ring founder Jamie Siminoff told Mashable, saying that privacy is the default mode for both mobile devices, which flash LED indicator lights whenever they are actively recording. Video footage is stored in the cloud for up to 180 days.
The consumer drone is priced at $249.99 and is set to launch on January 27, 2027. The Ring Drone Cam has not yet received final authorization from the Federal Communications Commission. Amazon’s release stated it has not been authorized as required by FCC rules and cannot be offered for sale or lease until authorization is obtained.
Michelle Dahl, a civil rights attorney and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, urged consumers to think twice before inviting recording devices into their homes.