🤖Amazon Launches $999 Ring Rover Cam, a Wheeled Security Robot With 4K Periscope

Your security cameras might start driving themselves

Amazon just put a security camera on wheels, and it wants to go check on things for you. The Ring Rover Cam is a rolling robot that can be dispatched to a specific room or sent along a patrol route to investigate a disturbance. It's aimed at businesses that want security without the enterprise price tag. If you're the person who gets stuck with the office or facility security stack, this changes the decision. Instead of buying ceiling cameras for every corner, you get one robot that streams and records video the entire time it's moving. When it arrives, it runs a 360-degree scan to figure out what's actually wrong. There's also a siren, a flashing red light, and a blue ring projected onto the ceiling, all designed to deter trouble before it starts. The specs are modest. Battery life is about 30 minutes, coverage is roughly 5,000 square feet on a single floor, and the periscope camera shoots 4K. Preorders are $999.99, with shipping starting December 16. Multi-floor sites need multiple robots or pairing with Amazon's new flying Ring Drone Cam. Worth watching: Amazon's track record here. The Astro for Business launched in 2023 and was discontinued a year later, so this is a second swing at business robotics.