# Amazon's Ring adds an autonomous indoor drone and a $1,000 patrol robot for businesses

> The Ring Drone Cam flies about eight minutes per charge and dislikes mirrors, while the wheeled Ring Rover Cam ships December 16 and can't climb stairs.

- URL: https://devisdead.ai/news/amazon-s-ring-adds-an-autonomous-indoor-drone-and-a-1-000-patrol-robot-for-busin
- Published: 2026-11-11T01:09:47Z
- Author: DevIsDead Newsroom
- Section: AI
- Tags: amazon, ring, robotics, drones, home security
- Originally reported by Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/ring-cameras-go-mobile-as-amazon-debuts-ai-powered-security-drone-and-robot/).

Ring's security cameras now come with wheels and propellers. Amazon has introduced an AI-powered security drone and a patrol robot, Jeremy Hsu reports for [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/ring-cameras-go-mobile-as-amazon-debuts-ai-powered-security-drone-and-robot/).

## Ring Drone Cam

Amazon calls the drone a new, autonomous way to check on your home, whether you're away or in the next room. You steer it from the Alexa Home Map, the interactive map of all your Amazon-connected devices.

- **Camera:** 2K video, a 148-degree field of view and full 360-degree rotation, with two LEDs that turn on in low light.
- **Battery:** about 8 minutes of flight, and that's Amazon's best case, measured with a fresh battery at full charge in a controlled setting. It comes with a charging dock.
- **Fine print:** it may struggle around shiny floors like polished marble or wet tile, blank featureless walls, and glass or mirrors.

## Ring Rover Cam

The Rover is a wheeled robot Amazon pitches at businesses. It costs $1,000, is up for preorder now, and starts shipping on December 16, 2026. Amazon says feedback on its invite-only Astro home robot shaped the design.

- Records and livestreams in up to 4K while patrolling or doing a 360-degree scan at a set spot.
- Clips from doorbell rings, motion and Live View go to the cloud for up to 180 days.
- Like the drone, it can respond to alerts from other Ring devices by running preset patrol routes.

The catch: one indoor floor only, since it can't do stairs. Amazon also lists curved edges, sunken areas, floor transitions taller than 1.375 inches and black glossy floors as trouble.

**[Scoreboard](/scoreboard) update:** Draw. The patrol bots are autonomous, but a stair or a mirror still stops them.

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