{"id":10421,"date":"2026-11-12T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10421"},"modified":"2026-11-12T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:31:29","slug":"ring-drone-cam-manual-flight-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10421","title":{"rendered":"Ring says its camera drone won\u2019t have manual controls after demo crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">When (or if) Ring\u2019s security camera drone flies into our homes in January, you won\u2019t get the option to pilot it yourself. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1030601\/ring-drone-cam-hands-on-price-release-date-ai-pilot\">Ring Drone Cam<\/a> relies entirely on an \u201cAI Pilot\u201d system to follow pre-programmed routes and navigate autonomously around obstacles, with no manual control option available \u2014 and an embarrassing demonstration with <em>CBS News<\/em> might reveal why.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The video, broadcast on <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> and published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@cbsmornings\/post\/Dfj_5AGEyor?xmt=AQG0WRkDixpCbkeKdahvWgCLBBtKmnxcMJTo-11o1yFkNl1U8rzCjfEkHQEBA1hWkQneJcs&amp;slof=1\">Threads<\/a>, shows Ring founder Jamie Siminoff allowing technology reporter Jo Ling Kent to manually fly an early version of the drone via a mobile app with integrated controls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote _1lkuyz82 _1lkuyz80 _19wv7tc9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz89 _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">Ling Kent: \u201cCan I control it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz89 _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">Siminoff: \u201cYeah, so we can load manual controls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The demo then shows the drone crashing twice while being manually piloted. In the first instance, Ring reportedly told <em>CBS News<\/em> that the drone\u2019s collision avoidance technology malfunctioned, and declined to share the video recorded by the drone prior to crashing. <em>CBS News<\/em> caught the second crash on camera, with the footage showing the drone colliding with a wall after failing to respond to manual controls. According to Siminoff, this occurred because the drone lost internet connectivity \u2014 which it also relies on to fly autonomously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cIf it loses connectivity, it\u2019s supposed to stop and land,\u201d Siminoff said in the video. \u201cIt did not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Ring declined to show us the app in our own demonstration of the Drone Cam, and said it only works on pre-programmed flight paths. It seems that while manual flight controls were included at <em>some<\/em> stage of development, Ring won\u2019t be making the feature available to customers when the Drone Cam launches in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWe explored a lot of features throughout the development, but autonomous flight to patrol points using the AI Pilot is the best customer benefit and experience,\u201d Ring spokesperson Sam McGee said in a statement to <em>The Verge<\/em>. Ring didn\u2019t respond to our question regarding whether the decision to not include manual controls was made following the <em>CBS News<\/em> demo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1031817\/ring-drone-cam-manual-flight-controls\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When (or if) Ring\u2019s security camera drone flies into our homes in January, you won\u2019t get the option to pilot it yourself. The Ring Drone Cam relies entirely on an \u201cAI Pilot\u201d system to follow pre-programmed routes and navigate autonomously around obstacles, with no manual control option available \u2014 and an embarrassing demonstration with CBS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[848,57,46,249,59,34],"class_list":["post-10421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-drones","tag-gadgets","tag-news","tag-security","tag-smart-home","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ring says its camera drone won\u2019t have manual controls after demo crash - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When (or if) Ring\u2019s security camera drone flies into our homes in January, you won\u2019t get the option to pilot it yourself.\ufeff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10421\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ring says its camera drone won\u2019t have manual controls after demo crash - 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