Dyson Releases the Eye, a Robot Vacuum

[BroliviaWilde]

After a search, nothing came up about this new robot vacuum cleaner;

 

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Dyson Releases the Eye, a Robot Vacuum With a 360-Degree Camera

 

After 16 years of tinkering and experimentation, Dyson is releasing its first robotic vacuum cleaner, the Dyson 360 Eye. Though iRobot released Roomba, the first autonomous sucking machine, in 2002, Dyson has been content to lay back, in hopes of ironing out some nagging limitations. “We didn’t want to put out a gimmick,” Sir James tells WIRED. He says that meant inventing a new way for the vacuum to navigate. “Accurate navigation is the key to cleaning properly,” says Dyson. “I don’t just mean in coverage, but in terms of not going over the same spot twice, because if you do that you’re wasting the battery’s power.” Put differently: Dyson didn’t want to release just any robotic vacuum cleaner. He wanted one that could do the chore as well as its human counterparts.

 

If any of you recall, they tried releasing a robot vacuum cleaner  years ago in 2001, they pulled it because of cost and it wasn't as efficient as they wanted it to be, which was a good call.  This new way of mapping out the room before vacuuming is pretty smart tech and very interesting and the tech itself has implications for other uses, but honestly, I just can't see buying a robot vac to replace my water filter vac, 1.  it'll never do as good a job as manual labor(unless you just suck to begin with) and from experience, vacuums that use bag and bagless air fitlers never clean anywhere near as good as the water filter vaccum i've got now. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I don't really understand these. Is it that much effort to just vacuum manually? 

 

The only good use I can think of these types of robot vacuum cleaners. 

 

[ThatSweetGamer]

I don't really understand these. Is it that much effort to just vacuum manually? 

 

The only good use I can think of these types of robot vacuum cleaners. 

 

It's called I'm lazy and hate chores!

[jezza39]

How lazy do you have to be to buy a robot vacuum cleaner? It literally takes 15 minutes to push the damn think around.

[Real_PhillBert]

I am really not a robot fan, but I will make an exception for a robot that cleans. Take my money!

[Trik'Stari]

How lazy do you have to be to buy a robot vacuum cleaner? It literally takes 15 minutes to push the damn think around.

Yeah if you live in a shittly one room apartment

[jezza39]

Yeah if you live in a shittly one room apartment

 

No...that would take 3 minutes

[EChondo]

Just a word of warning, Dyson doesn't make that good of products(cheap parts, design flaws, etc.).

 

I highly recommend that anyone who is interested in purchasing a vacuum to read this Reddit AMA from a Vacuum Repair Technician: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1pe2bd

 

He/She goes over in detail in some of the questions about why X brand is bad and Y brand is good.

 

Let's just say he/she has to deal with Dyson vacuum a lot more than others...

[Real_PhillBert]

How lazy do you have to be to buy a robot vacuum cleaner? It literally takes 15 minutes to push the damn think around.

I would consider one. It could vacuum every day while I am at work. Clean place and I dont have to do it.

 

But yeah, I am that lazy

[Victorious Secret]

Its called the Eye. Its a robot. iRobot. They are trolling Roomba so hard. 

[IdeaStormer]

This is the main reason robot cleaners exist:

 

[Bloodyvalley]

Its called the Eye. Its a robot. iRobot. They are trolling Roomba so hard. 

that was golden

[HexaGuy]

Hey guys,

 

So Dyson has released their new robot vacuum cleaner.

 

 

 

The Dyson 360 Eye, announced at IFA, will be available in Japan first before a wider international release and will cost 130,000 Yen -- roughly $1,250, £750, and AU$1,320. It weighs 5.2 pounds (2.4kg), holds 0.4 liters of debris, auto-docks, and has a lithium-ion battery that claims to last for 20 minutes. 

 

 

 

Assisted by a set of infra-red sensors, the 360-degree camera snaps 30 frames per second to create a detailed floor plan of an entire room at once. This not only allows the vacuum to plan the most efficient cleaning route to maximize its half-hour battery, it also lets the bot know its exact position at all times to within just a few millimeters so it won't waste time going over the same area twice.

(I find that few millimeters claim to be very optimistic and dubious, but we will see.)

 

 

 

Like the Roomba, you'll be able to remote-control Dyson's 5.22-pound robot vacuum via an app. It will also let you start a cleaning cycle from wherever you are and set cleaning schedules.

Absolutely HUGE pictures:

 

And finally, a comparison between this and a Roomba (I think).

 

 

Very interesting. the high price is expected, but this thing actually sucks, not sweeps.

 

Sources:

http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/09/04/dyson-debuts-first-robot-vacuum-cleaner-the-eye-360/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/04/dyson-robot-vacuum/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2743185/Dyson-launches-world-s-smart-robot-vacuum-live-cameras-map-house-puts-away.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29055181

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/4/6104855/dyson-finally-announces-a-robot-vacuum-cleaner

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/dyson-releases-the-eye-a-robot-vacuum-with-a-360-degree-camera/

[CatCloud]

...fancy...but they didnt show much about corners and around areas and room to room to room.

[Askew]

you'll be able to remote-control Dyson's 5.22-pound robot vacuum via an app

 

If I ever meet someone who likes to spend time controlling their vacuum cleaner via an application I'm going to fucking disown them.

 

I'm sticking with good old Henry, he sucks my filth with both power and reliability.

[qwertywarrior]

reports right back to the NSA for your own safety and security

[Marvzl1357]

*Infoinfoinfo* *BREATH* *infoinfoinfo* *BREATH* *infoinfoinfo* *BREATH*

[JAKEBAB]

Was expecting it to cost more like $5k its pretty decent price i think. (not that id ever spend that much on a vacuum unless i was loaded lol)

[MeFakeScientist]

That does look pretty cool. I love it's little caterpillar tracks! Shame it costs so much though, you could buy a few proper Dyson vacs for that price!

[Spannerhands]

Well this is seriously well designed. Good old Dyson...

[The Crazed Child]

Dyson is like the Apple of vacuum cleaners.

[AlwaysFSX]

Dyson is like the Apple of vacuum cleaners.

Except when you drop it, it doesn't break.

[Trik'Stari]

reports right back to the NSA for your own safety and security

Next model to include microphones for the detection and persecution of thought crime!

[felixthemaster1]

How lazy do you have to be to buy a robot vacuum cleaner? It literally takes 15 minutes to push the damn think around.

You underestimate lazy people.

[StingBull]

The only reason why I would buy a robot vacuum cleaner is to scare the shit out of my cat.