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Amazon Launches AI-Powered Security Drone and Robot
· Confirmed
In Short: Amazon has introduced an indoor security drone and a rolling security robot under its Ring brand, designed to patrol homes and businesses.
Amazon debuts new surveillance drone, robot. WFAA
Amazon has unveiled two new indoor security devices: the Ring Drone Cam and the Ring Rover Cam, both equipped with AI technology to navigate and monitor indoor spaces.
The Ring Rover Cam, on the other hand, is a wheeled robot that can patrol larger areas and is equipped with a 360-degree camera.
The devices can be controlled directly from the Alexa Home Map, which displays all Amazon-linked devices in a customer’s home.
The Ring Drone Cam and Rover Cam were announced during a press event in New York, marking Amazon's most aggressive push into physical AI since acquiring Ring in 2018.
What this adds
Amazon’s Ring Drone Cam is a successor to the Ring Always Home Cam, which was briefly available in 2021.
Apple is reportedly developing its own security camera and robotic home hub to compete with Amazon and Google.
Background
Amazon is introducing the Ring Drone and Ring Rover, indoor security devices that use AI to patrol homes and businesses.
What's confirmed
- The company is launching two autonomous security robots - a home security drone and a rolling enterprise patrol bot - marking Amazon's most aggressive push into physical AI since acquiring the doorbell maker for over $1 billion in 2018.
- As part of a new brand called Ring Robotics — designed to take a more proactive approach to security instead of just monitoring — a new rolling mobile security camera was announced by Amazon, called the Ring Rover Cam.
- Amazon’s Ring announced two autonomous security devices under a new Ring Robotics brand: the $249.99 Ring Drone Cam for indoor home security monitoring and the $999.99 Ring Rover Cam for business security.
What's still developing
- Amazon’s Ring Drone appears to be a direct successor to the company’s Ring Always Home Cam that was only temporarily available for purchase by invitation as a “Day 1 Edition” product in September 2021—even having the same starting price of $250.
- It can supposedly cover up to 5,000 square feet (465 square meters), according to Amazon’s product description.
- Amazon describes the devices as relying on an AI Pilot system that uses each device’s cameras along with “specialized vision models, on-device sensors and cloud processing” to plan patrol routes while autonomously navigating around obstacles such as furniture.
- Apple’s reported October 13 smart home launch may only be the beginning, with the company developing its own security camera and a far more advanced robotic home hub as it prepares to compete more aggressively with Amazon and Google.
- Amazon’s Ring has launched an indoor security drone, the company said Tuesday, offering homeowners room-to-room surveillance where a fixed camera cannot reach.
- Amazon smart home subsidiary Ring has officially launched a dedicated autonomous robotics division, Ring Robotics, unveiling the commercial Ring Drone Cam alongside an enterprise-grade mobile security robot called the Ring Rover Cam.
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