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Amazon’s New Ring Security Cameras Can Fly Around Your House or Roam Around Your Business (gizmodo.com)

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Amazon’s Ring is best known for its doorbell and home security cameras, but now the company is rolling out cameras that can move around on their own.

Ring announced Tuesday a new product category called Ring Robotics, starting with two devices, the Ring Drone Cam and Ring Rover Cam.

“For years, customers told us they wanted eyes in the places a fixed camera couldn’t reach, and peace of mind in the spots they’d never want one,” said Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff in a press release. “The honest answer wasn’t more cameras; it meant reimagining what a security device could be.”

Both devices are powered by Ring’s custom-built AI Pilot system, which allows them to map indoor spaces, suggest patrol points, and navigate around obstacles on their own.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Does anyone puffing on this particular crack pipe have any idea how loud even little palm sized drones are, especially indoors?

Even before getting into the privacy aspects this is a monumentally stupid idea. I can't wait to read all the one star reviews on this if/when it comes out.

[–] FatherPeanut@pawb.social 1 points 11 hours ago

So rebranding a bit here, it's not a personal home surveillance tool, it's a drone that monitors businesses from above.

Anyways, y'all ever played Cyberpunk 2077?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's also going to have to automatically return to some sort of charging cradle.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's included in the headline image. Whether or not that actually works is a different story. I'm not a half bad drone pilot but even I have trouble accurately landing a mini drone on a spot that small since the ground effect combined with any tiny breezes in the room push the thing around relentlessly when it's that close to a surface.

[–] rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

Any kind of error and it will spin out and destroy any screens you have in the room, not to mention taking paint off the walls, possibly damaging pets or children... Dogs fucking hate drones btw.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's a really good point. I hadn't considered it.

[–] jpreston1986@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

They have drones that are silent, and near invisible to the human eye

https://youtu.be/uwU0sdJ-7Rk