Dyson robot will breeze through household chores
THE days of cleaning up after children could be over, as Dyson is developing a household robot that can tidy away toys and find crisps down the back of the sofa.
Dyson robots could be completing everyday chores by 2030. It marks a significant development for a company that first made its mark in the 1990s, when it developed Britain’s best-selling vacuum cleaner.
The company is in the midst of its biggest engineering recruitment drive in history, taking on 2,000 people this year alone, as it seeks to beat rivals in the United States in developing humanoid robots that can be used in the home.
It has hired 250 robotics engineers, who have been working on the robot prototypes. The initial models were unveiled at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in
Philadelphia. Dyson is also building the UK’S largest robotics research centre at its Hullavington Airfield site in Wiltshire, part of a £2.75billion investment in new technologies and facilities.
The company said: “Dyson is supercharging its robotics ambitions, recruiting 250 robotics engineers across disciplines including computer vision, machine learning, sensors and mechatronics, and expects to hire 700 more in the robotics field over the next five years to … bring the technology into our homes by the end of the decade.”