Indoor drone
An autonomous drone that lives in your home.
Most drones are made for the sky. Alkyon is made for a home: it flies through rooms on its own, folds to pass a door, keeps a metre from people and lands on its dock. You ask, it goes.
What it does In development
- Goes to look“Did I close the bedroom window?” Alkyon flies there, looks, tells you, and flies back.
- Finds thingsWe are teaching it to recognise what people look for. So far: people, cats, dogs and curtains; keys and glasses are next.
- Flies on its ownIt maps your home with its own sensors and plans its route; you do not steer it.
- Fits throughFour arms fold to make it about 23 cm wide for a narrow door, or wrap round it to turn in a tight corner.
- Comes homeIt lands on its dock to charge, and a dock that swaps its battery is on our drawing board.
Ask, and it goes
Alkyon works with Lychnos, the same assistant as the ring. Hold the ring and ask; Lychnos turns your words into a task and proposes it; a fixed safety layer checks the route against what the robot can see; then Alkyon flies. The answer comes back as one line on your ring, WINDOW SHUT, and in full at your ear. Two presses on the ring stop it at any moment.
Whichever AI model you use, it can only propose. It has no path to the motors. Why we built it this way.
Made for indoors
- It sees what a home has. Five depth sensors with 64 zones each, a downward optical flow sensor, a front camera, and sound-based sensors for glass and mirrors, which light-based sensors can miss.
- It knows your no-go zones. Balconies, the garden, a baby’s room: draw them in the app and it stops at the threshold.
- It keeps away from curtains. Propellers pull fabric in, so tulle and curtains are off limits.
- It lands with care. Before touching down it measures the spot from above, checks it is flat and wide enough, and backs off if anything changes.
A home robot that keeps its distance
Alkyon is designed to keep at least a metre from people and slow to walking pace when someone is in the room. Every propeller sits in a guard that a child’s finger cannot pass, and its motors are made to stop on contact. More on Alkyon’s page, and in how we designed the guards.
Where we are
Alkyon flies in simulation: thousands of flights, landings and passes through narrow gaps, in still and in moving air. You can read how it passes a narrow door, numbers included. Next is a test stand that measures real thrust, power and noise. It comes after the ring, and in Europe first. What goes wrong when a drone flies at home: flying a drone indoors; what to ask of its camera: a robot with a camera at home; and what else exists: indoor drones and home robots in 2026.
Questions
Is it a security camera?
It is not sold as one. Alkyon goes to look when you ask, and its images are processed on the dock in your home; you see a live view only when you ask for one.
How long does it fly?
We will publish its flight time once we have measured it on our test stand. Until then, any number would be a guess.
Do I need the ring?
Alkyon works with Lychnos, the assistant. You can ask from the ring or from the app.
Can it fly outside?
No. It is made for indoors, and its software stops it at doors to balconies and gardens.