Dyson is Developing Home Robots

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Dyson is Developing Home Robots
27 May 2022
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Dyson plans to develop robots capable of assisting with household chores in addition to vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. The company has announced plans to establish a major robotics center at its Hullavington Airfield facility in Wiltshire, where it will work on new types of domestic robots. The facility will house 250 robotics engineers.

Dyson already manufactures robot vacuum cleaners. The company was founded in the United Kingdom but is now headquartered in Singapore. Dyson claims to be investing heavily in the development of new technology, and half of the 2,000 new employees this year are engineers, scientists, or coders.

It is also looking for robotics engineers with expertise in computer vision, machine learning, sensors, and "mechatronics." In a video shown at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Philadelphia, the company revealed glimpses of some of its work.

The robot arms are briefly seen picking up plates, a bottle of detergent, and a soft toy - but no commercial devices are revealed. Dyson has been attempting to diversify its product line. It recently made its first foray into wearable technology, but its over-ear headphones with an air-purifying mouth visor received mixed reviews online, with terms like "odd-looking" and "dystopian" being used to describe them.

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