AI Guard Dogs, Robot Dogs and Home Deterrents: What Actually Exists

Not one that guards like a dog. The closest products are radar watchdogs that bark when someone approaches, AI floodlight cameras that light up and sound a siren, and camera robots you drive around remotely. Robot dogs like the Deep Robotics Lite3, Faraday Future FX Aegis Pro and DOBOT Rover X1 Pro exist, some with cameras you can stream from, but they are robot platforms sold for STEM and hobby use, not security systems. A Boston Dynamics Spot is an industrial robot sold to businesses, not on Amazon.

They make the house sound guarded, which is the point of any deterrent, but they do not record or call anyone. Pair one with cameras or an alarm.

The radar models can. The STI Electronic Barking Secure Watch Dog senses movement through doors and walls at a range you set from 10 to 20 feet, but its listing says it cannot sense through steel, brick or cement. Place it inside, aimed at the door or wall someone would approach.

A dummy camera can make a house look watched from the street, but it records nothing and sends no alerts. Put one where a camera would be expected and keep real recording cameras on the main entries. The SABRE dummy dome runs on 3 AA batteries with a blinking red light, so there is nothing to wire.

Not as a security system today. Listed runtimes are short: 1 to 3 hours per charge for the DOBOT Rover X1 Pro and 1.5 to 2 hours for the Deep Robotics Lite3, while the Faraday Future FX Aegis Pro lists up to 12 hours on a 216 Wh battery with app control still in development. None of them lists alarm or recording features, so treat one as an add-on to cameras.

Bright light and a siren on motion are the deterrents most people notice, and floodlight cameras record the event too. The eufy Floodlight Camera E340 pairs a 2,000 lumen light with a 95 dB alarm, and the WYZE Floodlight Camera v2 has 2,800 lumens and a 105 dB siren, both recording to local storage. Both are hardwired, so they need an outdoor junction box.

No. The Enabot EBO SE 2 and EBO Air 2S roll on wheels, so each one stays on a single floor. They drive back to their dock to recharge and record to the included 32 GB SD card, and neither has a siren or spotlight.

The STI watchdogs and the SABRE dummy cameras work standalone with no Wi-Fi, app or account. Floodlight cameras and patrol robots need Wi-Fi for phone alerts and live view, though the eufy and WYZE floodlights keep recordings on local storage with no plan.

No. Barking dog alarms, dummy cameras, floodlights and robots make noise, light or video but contact nobody. For someone to call for help, you need an alarm system with professional monitoring, such as the optional plans on Ring Alarm or SimpliSafe.

It switches on when someone walks into range, which is a real deterrent even though the camera is fake. The SABRE motion light detects movement up to about 18 feet across 120 degrees, lights two 100 lumen LEDs, is rated IP44 and runs on 3 AAA batteries. It does not record video.