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Amazon turned its Alexa robot into a Ring security patrol bot
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The Ring Rover Cam is targeted at businesses that want to increase security without installing permanent cameras.
The Ring Rover Cam is targeted at businesses that want to increase security without installing permanent cameras.
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As part of a new brand called Ring Robotics — designed to take a more proactive approach to security instead of just monitoring — a new rolling mobile security camera was announced by Amazon, called the Ring Rover Cam. It borrows a lot of the design and functionality from the Astro home robot that Amazon first debuted in 2021. The Rover Cam is targeted at businesses in need of an affordable security solution that can patrol and investigate concerns in large facilities, and it comes with a few upgrades.
As with Astro, the Rover Cam rolls around on a pair of large wheels that help it navigate small obstacles or uneven terrain. It can be manually dispatched to a specific room or any point along a pre-programmed patrol route to investigate a disturbance, and it will also automatically head to a location where an alarm on another Ring device is triggered. While en route, it continuously streams and records video, and when it reaches its destination, the robot performs a 360-degree scan so you can investigate what’s wrong from afar.