Ring, owned by Amazon, has launched indoor security drones and store patrol robots, priced at $249.99 and $999.99 respectively, and are limited to the United States. The machine will build the floor plan by itself and automatically dispatch when the alarm goes off. (Preliminary summary: Amazon, Meta and the FBI can all access a non-public information sharing network: How Seattle Shield formed the era of AI surveillance) (Background supplement: AI facial recognition leads to unjust imprisonment! The American grandma was imprisoned in a prison 1,200 miles away for half a year, and the police did not apologize) Security cameras are going to start moving in your home on their own? Ring, a doorbell camera brand owned by Amazon, announced a new product line from Ring Robotics on November 10: Ring Drone Cam (indoor security drone) is priced at US$249.99 and is expected to be shipped on January 27, 2027; Ring Rover Cam (patrol robot) for store use is priced at US$999.99 and will be shipped on December 16, 2026. Pre-orders are open. Both models are currently only sold in the United States. Neither is a camera that sits in a corner waiting for something to happen. According to Amazon’s official announcement, they operate on a system called AI Pilot, which combines lenses, visual models, body sensors and cloud computing to recognize the road, avoid tables and chairs, and decide how to go. What is the difference between drones and robots? Ring Drone Cam is a camera that flies indoors. It has a viewing angle of 148 degrees, can rotate 360 ​​degrees, records 2K image quality, and has two LED fill-in lights when the light is insufficient. It can be controlled from the new Alexa Home Map (interactive map of home devices). To allow it to fly automatically as scheduled, you must subscribe to the Ring Protect plan. Ring Rover Cam is a wheeled robot. Amazon emphasizes that it is built specifically for security, not just for home security purposes. It records up to 4K and is equipped with a height-adjustable mast that allows you to look over the counter and shelves. It also has a siren, a beacon and two-way communication. The store can schedule automatic patrols after closing and before opening. How are they patrolled and what are the restrictions? When setting up, the user walks through the space with the drone, or lets the Rover explore on its own, and the system will draw a floor plan, identify rooms, and suggest patrol points, such as side doors, windows, and cash registers in stores. Then whenever Ring's cameras, sensors or alarms are triggered, the machine will automatically go to the preset patrol point. The scenario cited by Amazon is this: before going on a weekend trip, it sends a drone for a final inspection to confirm that the windows are closed; when people receive an alarm outside, it has already taken off to take a look. Restrictions are written in the product description. The drone can only fly for 8 minutes when new, fully charged, and under controlled conditions, and needs to be replenished by the charging station. Performance may deteriorate when encountering reflective floors such as polished marble and wet tiles, featureless plain matte walls, and frameless glass and mirrors. The Ring Drone Cam has not yet obtained authorization in accordance with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations and cannot be sold until it is obtained. The January 27th shipping date is based on this. Rover can only operate indoors on a single floor and cannot climb stairs, covering a maximum of 5,000 square feet (approximately 465 square meters); it cannot run on floors with a height difference of more than 3.5 centimeters or black glossy floors. Will there be any privacy issues with a camera that moves around? Amazon’s answer is: Design should be seen and heard. The lens is turned off when the drone is parked in the charging dock, and recording is started only after it is deployed; the Rover has a sleep mode that retracts the mast and turns off the microphone; both have LED recording indicators. Videos are protected by Throw Away the Key (TAKE) encryption, which Amazon says is Ring’s strongest default encryption yet. The problem is Ring's record. In 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused Ring of allowing any employee and outsourced personnel to access users' private videos and failing to provide basic protection. An employee watched thousands of videos of female users over several months, filming private spaces such as bathrooms and bedrooms; hackers accessed the videos, live streams, and account information of approximately 55,000 U.S. users, and also used two-way calls to harass and threaten users. The settlement order requires Ring to pay $5.8 million in refunds to consumers. Encryption technology also has provisos. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) evaluates TAKE as better than Ring's current default, but "nowhere near" end-to-end encryption (even Ring itself can't open videos). The reason is that Ring's cloud will still temporarily obtain the key for 24 hours to provide video descriptions, smart alerts, and video searches; later, if you want to watch old videos or use smart functions, the key will be sent back to the server. EFF also criticized founder Jamie Siminoff for taking the "surveillance first, privacy last" route, including reopening law enforcement agencies to request Ring users to access videos or live streams. Related reports Coming soon? Meta smart glasses are ready with "facial recognition" function: three AI models + biometric database 25 years after 911》U.S. surveillance expanded from targeting terrorists to all citizens, security experts: It's time to call it quits London station piloted "face recognition" for half a year: scanned 500,000 faces, not half of the wanted criminals were caught This article was first published in Dongqu BlockTempo "Dongqu Dongzhi - the most influential blockchain news media".