Gallery: Dyson Releases the Eye, a Robot Vacuum With a 360-Degree Camera
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Today, Dyson is releasing its first robotic vacuum cleaner: the 360 Eye.
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The 360 Eye features many hallmarks of a Dyson vacuum cleaner: Cyclone technology and strong suction power, thanks to its digital motor.
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To navigate, the Eye uses a 360-degree camera (seen on top here, ringed in blue) that views the room at a 45 degree angle, and takes 30 pictures per second. This becomes a live map of the room.
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When the Eye leaves its charging dock, it triangulates its position in the room, finds the center, and then spirals outward, vacuuming one 10 square-foot area at a time.
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Tank-track wheels power the Eye to neatly climb over ledges or door frames, getting dust out of hard-to-reach cracks along the way.
