Dyson 360 Vis Nav it is the latest arrival from the English company among the robots dedicated to automated home cleaning. This is a solution that is specifically designed only for vacuuming dust on the floor of the house, not also to its washing through a system with rag or rotating mops mounted in the back. In this it differs significantly from what is proposed by other competing companies, which instead focus on the integration of the different functions related to domestic cleaning in a single product.
Dyson’s choice may seem against the grain but it is linked to the company’s tradition, which has always been committed to the development of solutions for the extraction and removal of dust from home environments. From this arise some very specific design choices, such as the front part is not circular but straight to move the suction brush as far forward as possible in addition to the integration of the same type of cyclonic motor that we find in the company’s electric brooms.
The Dyson 360 Vis Nav navigation system is based on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology which uses a 360 degree camera positioned in the upper part which combines with 26 different types of sensors installed in the product. This system requires that the home environment is adequately lit to operate correctly: however, cleaning is completed even in a dark or poorly lit environment thanks to the integration of a series of LEDs around the camera.
There LED structure surrounding the camera 360 degrees it only comes into operation when the ambient light is too low to allow the robot to navigate correctly between the rooms. Its consumption is negligible, effectively not influencing themaximum operating autonomy which is declared to be 50 minutes.
The dust suction brush has a width that is almost equal to that of the robot: this was achieved by adopting a non-curved but rectilinear design for the front part, with the brush positioned in front of the wheels. The brush has a triple action structure which combines soft “Fluffy” nylon to pick up larger debris on hard floors, anti-static carbon fiber filaments to pick up fine dust on hard floors and stiff nylon bristles to effectively clean carpets. Its structure recalls that adopted in Dyson’s traditional cordless vacuum cleaners, from which it is derived.
Side cleaning is managed not with a small additional brush but with an actuator, which sucks up the dirt deposited on the sides of the wall using the power of the integrated motor. The process is automated: the sensors guide the robot on the sides of the walls, making it approach the edge following the wall so that the actuator can intervene to remove the dust.
The suction motor is the Dyson Hyperdymium one, capable of reaching a peak of 110,000 rpm when maximum suction power is required. The structure is cyclonicwith 10 cyclones that separate the dust from the air flow, thus ensuring that the suction power does not suffer drops while the robot intervenes to clean.
A unique feature of the Dyson 360 Vis Nav is the fully sealed HEPA filtration system, which traps dust and seals 99.99% of particles as small as 0.1 microns – the size of animal dander and diesel soot. The filter is easily removable from a door in the upper part and can be simply washed with running water, so that once dried it is ready to be used again.
The dust is collected in a rigid container mounted on top of the robot, with a design that is very similar to that of Dyson vacuum cleaners on the market. It can be easily detached, with an opening for extracting dirt which is completed by operating with one hand simply by pressing a button: it is a system that proves to be very practical and functional.
After having listed the technical and construction characteristics of Dyson 360 Vis Nav it is clear that this product derives many of its technical and design features from the English company’s cordless vacuum cleaners. This can be seen clearly starting from the dirt collection system, which is not based on a bag but on a rigid container, as well as from the shape of the collection brush and the cyclonic suction system.
From the APP it is possible to configure 4 different cleaning modes: the Auto one lets the robot analyze the dust levels and automatically optimize the suction power; Quick mode cleans more intensely in open areas; the Quiet mode operates more silently with a longer operating time; finally, the Boost mode is the one that guarantees maximum suction and deeper cleaning.
Operation can be started directly from the robot by acting on the small display mounted on the top: not only provides information on the options available and the operating status of the robot, but also acts as a button allowing you to start cleaning operations or confirm specific commands.
At the end of the cleaning action, the APP displays the map of our house, highlighting the levels of dust that have been vacuumed up so as to help understand on which surfaces a higher quantity was found. When are we going to start new cleaning actions the APP will provide us with suggestions on the level of dirt expected for each specific roombased on the level of dirt collected in previous operations and the time that has passed since the last cleaning.
Put into operation, Dyson 360 Vis Nav operates following a parallel line navigation profile and returning to make a more capillary passage in those areas where there are corners or obstacles such as the legs of a table or chair. The large width of the cleaning brush, as well as its shape, guarantee very precise suction.
The straight front profile allows the brush to get closer to walls and objects as best as possible but in some cases it can also represent a source of problems, as clearly demonstrated in the image: the robot has always stuck in this position during the cleaning operation , climbing onto the diagonal leg of a table as if it were a step to be climbed without getting stuck. The APP reports this problem and it is sufficient to move the robot, reposition it on the ground and restart the cleaning action provided you are at home at that moment.
If there is an obstacle of this type in your home you can define an exclusion areain which the robot will be configured not to carry out cleaning operations, or to clean without using the brush or even without enabling the climbing function (Dyson declares that 360 Vis Nav can climb over obstacles up to 21mm high).
Dyson 360 Vis Nav is offered at an official price of €1,299 on the Dyson website, a decidedly important figure for a robot that only manages the vacuuming of floors and not their washing. At this figure, the options available on the market are numerous and varied, all with various automated systems for dust collection and surface washing, with tank emptying and snot self-washing system.
However, it should be noted how the dust extraction activity is always completed with notable precision and effectiveness: the very wide brush combined with the powerful motor which is not limited in its intervention by how full the container is with dust ensure impeccable behaviour. This aspect, moreover, is the one in which Dyson has always specialized and continues to innovate.
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