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24 alternatives to Cardinal: The World's First Autonomous Surveillance Drone For Home
Flying surveillance camera reinvented to protect your home
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cardinal: The World's First Autonomous Surveillance Drone For Home launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Cardinal▲132The world's first autonomous surveillance drone for home
2016 · acausal.space · its alternatives →
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An indoor flying security camera for your home
2020 · blog.ring.com · its alternatives →
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E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lily▲865A drone with a camera that follows you. Throw it in the air.
2015 · lily.camera · its alternatives →
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Airdog 2▲177All-terrain, camera drone that follows you in action
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Sunflower Labs▲227Drone-based home security for the rest of us
2016 · sunflower-labs.com · its alternatives →
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Nest Cam IQ▲199Smart home camera, using Google's AI for facial recognition
2017 · store.google.com · its alternatives →
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DIY plane spotting with a Raspberry Pi and an Android phone
2025 · pilane.obviy.us · its alternatives →
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Android-controlled smart videography (pre-launch)
2014 · 3drobotics.com · its alternatives →
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Easy Drone▲70The first modular plug-and-fly aerial solution
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Alfred▲127Turn your unused smartphones into home surveillance cameras.
2015 · alfred.camera · its alternatives →
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