Drone
Checks the parts of your grounds that fixed cameras can’t see, on a pre-approved route or when a sensor asks for a closer look.
Concept
Sova Robotics · In development
Know what’s happening beyond your cameras.
We’re developing a docked drone system to check your grounds and help you review incidents before sharing them with your security provider.
Seeking pilot partners in the Carolinas. Work starts with camera analysis; flight testing comes later.
Concept · illustrationNot live footage
Scheduled check — the drone will fly a fixed, pre-approved route (points 1–3).
Sensor event — a garden sensor can ask for an early look, after charge and weather checks.
Owner review — the clip reaches you first; you decide who else sees it.
One event, start to finish
An alert is only the start.
What an owner sees today on our test site, and what the drone will add later.
- 01
Alert
A camera sees a person in a zone you care about, such as the driveway gate, for more than a few seconds.
Tested on a home test site - 02
Review
You get the event with its time, zone, snapshot, and clip, and you look at it first.
Tested on a home test site - 03
Decide
Close it if it was a guest, or mark it for follow-up. Sending a selected event to your security provider comes next.
Review: testedSharing: planned
Later: a closer look from the air. When a sensor fires somewhere your cameras can’t see, the dock will launch a pre-approved flight to check before you decide.
PlannedThe system
A connected system for your grounds.
Three parts that work together. Each one is labeled with where it stands today.
Dock and base station
The base station runs on site: it reads your camera streams, detects people in your zones, and records event clips. The dock will house and charge the drone.
Base station: testedDock: planned
Owner interface
One list of events with clips, zones, and camera health, where you review each event and decide what happens next.
Prototype: tested
Where it fits: private estates with long driveways and tree lines, farms and ranches with distant gates and outbuildings, commercial yards after hours, and security companies that want a verified clip before a drive-out.
Privacy you control
Your property. Your footage. Your decision.
Like a modern alarm system, you choose between watching it yourself and connecting professional monitoring. Connecting a security company should never mean handing over your archive.
Share one event at a time
PlannedSend a clip, its time, and its zone, not a live feed or your whole archive.
Know who receives it
PlannedEvery recipient is named, from family members to a monitoring center.
Review and end access
PlannedSee who viewed or exported an event, and stop access when you choose.
Monitoring modes we’re designing
- Self-managed
- Events go only to you and the people you choose. Nothing is sent to anyone else automatically.
- Owner first
- You review the clip and the reason. If it’s a problem, you forward a selected event to your monitoring provider.
- Professional monitoring
- A monitoring center receives the categories, zones, and hours you agree on automatically, with an access log you can read.
Event · Driveway gateNew
- Time
- 7:02 PM
- Zone
- Gate
- Detected
- Person
- Keep private
- Share this event
- Review access
Where we are
Built so far. What comes next.
Tested on a home test site
- Camera ingest from standard RTSP streams, running around the clock on a small local server.
- Person detection with zones and dwell rules.
- Event snapshots and clips, reviewed in a prototype owner console.
- Health status for every camera, so a lost image is never silent.
In development
- Fewer false alerts on a real street scene: glare, reflections, and static objects.
- Drone mission software, starting in flight simulation.
Planned validation
- Flight tests with a licensed pilot within visual line of sight, as FAA Part 107 requires.
- Automatic landing and charging on the dock.
- Unattended operation, which depends on FAA approvals we don’t hold yet.
Pilot partners
Help shape the pilot for your property.
- Who can apply
- Owners and managers of estates, farms and ranches, and commercial sites in the Carolinas, and security integrators.
- What’s available now
- A first stage of camera analysis in shadow mode. Flights are a separate, later stage.
- What you get
- A clear look at the events on your grounds and whether your site is a good fit for the full system.
- What we need from you
- Access to agreed cameras or a camera placement, and one contact person.
- Not included at the start
- Autonomous patrols, or a replacement for your current security.
- Cost
- Scope and terms are agreed with you up front. Contact us to discuss.
How it starts
- 1Tell us about your property.
- 2We discuss your goals and whether the site fits.
- 3We agree on scope, terms, and timing.
- 4The agreed observation and analysis stage begins.
Team
Founder-led engineering.
Sova Robotics is founded and engineered by Lex in Charlotte, North Carolina: electronics, firmware, flight integration, and the analysis software, hands-on. R&D collaborators in Ukraine bring field experience with drones operating under interference and lost links. We measure before we promise.
For security integrators
We want to learn how verified event clips could fit your monitoring workflow and reduce avoidable drive-outs. If you serve properties in the Carolinas, let’s talk.
Discuss a partnershipFAQ
Questions owners ask.
Can I buy Sova today?
Not yet. Sova is in development, and nothing is for sale. We’re looking for pilot partners who want to shape the product on their own property.
What happens during the first pilot stage?
We analyze events from agreed cameras in shadow mode: the system records and flags events, and nothing is dispatched automatically. We review the results with you. Flights are a separate, later stage.
Will a drone fly without anyone on site?
No. Early flight tests will use a licensed pilot within visual line of sight, as FAA Part 107 requires. Unattended operation depends on FAA approvals we don’t hold yet.
Who can see my footage?
The system is designed so you review each event first and decide who else sees it. Sharing controls are still in development, so before a pilot we agree with you where footage is kept and who can access it.
Will it work with my cameras or alarm system?
The base station reads standard RTSP camera streams, and we have tested it with a consumer ONVIF camera. We check compatibility with your cameras and alarm system before a pilot starts.
Where are you accepting pilot inquiries?
In North and South Carolina. If your property is elsewhere, write to us anyway and tell us where it is.
What does a pilot cost?
Scope and terms are agreed with you before anything starts. Contact us to discuss your property.
What happens in bad weather or if a connection fails?
For flights, we don’t know yet: weather limits and lost-link behavior will be measured in flight testing and published once confirmed. On the camera side, the base station reports the health of every camera, so a lost stream shows up instead of going quiet.
Get in touch
Discuss your property.
Tell us about your grounds or your monitoring business. We read every message personally and reply within a few days.
Prefer email? Write to [email protected].