The ‘world’s first’ smart robot with mapping software, live vision cameras and consciousness.
Dyson launches ‘world’s first’ smart robot vacuum with live cameras to map your house (and it even puts itself away)
- The £750 Dyson 360 Eye’s panoramic lens features 360° vision
- Live cameras capture 30 images a second to build a picture of the room
- It then uses mapping software to plot its route around the house, and sensors stop it from bumping into obstacles
- ‘Tank tracks’ mean it can move between different floor types easily
- Digital motor spins at 78,000 RPM – the highest suction of any robot vacuum
- Owners can also remotely control the Eye with a smartphone app
Dyson today announced its first robotic vacuum cleaner, after 16 years of research and £28 million of investment.
The Dyson 360 Eye will cost in the region of £750 when it goes on sale in Britain next summer.
The robot uses a panoramic camera lens on top of the machine to map its way around the house, moving on caterpillar tracks and cleaning each room before going back to its docking station.
THE DYSON 360 EYE’S FEATURES
The panoramic lens’ shape and position gives the robot the ability to see around a room.
Its live vision cameras capture 30 images a second, to build complete and continuously updated picture of its environment.
The ‘eye’ also features ‘simultaneous localisation’ and mapping software to create a 360˚ view of the room.
The Dyson 360 Eye robot can then identify features within these images to triangulate its position relative to the room, similar to how sailor use stars to navigate boats.
It also detects objects and avoids obstacles ahead using proximity and infrared sensors.
Elsewhere, it features a Dyson digital motor V2 that spins at 78,000RPM generating the highest suction of any robot vacuum.
Its Radial Root Cyclone technology pulls microscopic dust and allergens out of the air and into the bin.
Continuous Tank Tracks maintain speed and keep the robot on course as it moves across different floor types.
And the Dyson Link app means owners can remotely control the robot vacuum, and schedule cleans.