🤖Ring Launches Robotics Division With $270 Drone and $1,000 Rover

Your home security cameras are about to get legs

Ring just put security robots in the game. The company is launching a robotics division with two devices: a home security drone and a roving enterprise robot that patrols on its own schedule. If you're building smart home or security products, this is Ring moving from fixed cameras to mobile sensing. The drone flies room to room, inspects the house, and alerts you when something looks wrong. It integrates with Ring's existing devices and can be scheduled through Alexa Home Map. The Rover patrols set routes and times inside a business and can sweep a floor or investigate sensor trips at 2 a.m. without a human guard. The numbers: the drone shoots 2K video with LED lights for low-light recording and retails at $270, shipping January 27. The Rover streams continuous 4K, has a periscope camera and two-way audio, and costs $1,000, shipping December 16. Both run on AI Pilot, Ring's proprietary system combining vision models, sensors, and cloud processing. Video is protected by what Ring calls TAKE encryption, but it hasn't said whether local storage will be an option. Ring cameras currently record to the cloud, so that's the open question.