Amazon's Ring Launches Flying Drone Cam and Wheeled Rover Cam

Ring's new Robotics line puts cameras on the move: a flying indoor camera for homes and a patrol robot for businesses.

Amazon-owned Ring on November 10 launched Ring Robotics, a new line of security cameras that move on their own. The first two products are the Ring Drone Cam, a small flying indoor camera for homes, and the Ring Rover Cam, a wheeled patrol robot built for businesses.

The Drone Cam weighs 165 grams and films in 2K. It lives in a charging dock, flies preset routes around the home on a schedule, and takes off on its own when a Ring camera, sensor, or alarm is triggered. Ring says each flight lasts up to eight minutes. It costs $249.99 and is due to ship in the United States on January 27, 2027. That date is not a promise yet: the drone still needs authorization from the Federal Communications Commission, and Ring says it cannot be sold or leased until that comes through.

The Rover Cam is the business sibling. It streams and records in up to 4K from a camera on a pop-up mast, patrols spaces of up to 5,000 square feet, and is built on the technology behind Amazon's Astro home robot. It costs $999.99, preorders are open, and it ships December 16, 2026.

Both devices run on AI Pilot, Ring's navigation system, and both need a Ring Protect plan for scheduled patrols and video review. Video from both is protected by Ring's end-to-end Throw Away the Key encryption.

Ring showed a first flying home camera, the Always Home Cam, back in 2020. The Drone Cam is the idea rebuilt for a wider market: same $249.99 price, but designed around scheduled routes and automatic responses to alarms rather than a one-off demo. The test now is whether a camera that flies around your living room feels like security or like an intrusion - and whether the FCC signs off in time for January.