Dyson announces a series of robots to help with household chores

Dyson, a British company known for its quality, intriguingly designed, and expensive home appliances, has revealed how its experts see the future of human and robot coexistence. According to them, advanced robots will be able to help people with many tasks and household chores in the future. Part of that vision was revealed this week at the ICRA Robotics and Automation Conference in Philadelphia.

Washing and cleaning robots

Their announcement is accompanied by a video, in which mysterious prototypes of such robots are shown. According to what has been shown, they are already able to manipulate everyday objects, from fragile ones like dishes to soft ones like children's plush toys. What can be concluded is that Dyson is developing robots that could tidy up the children's room, set up a lunch table, thoroughly clean the couch, and perform similar activities.

Dyson says that they have been developing robots for ten years, in addition to working on autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners, but that they will speed up work on this segment. This will allow them as many as four development offices - three in the UK and one in Singapore. They also used this opportunity, when they showed the public for the first time several staff of projects in development, to invite all talented robotics workers to come and work for them. They plan to employ as many as 700 of them.

The company believes this project is their next “big bet,” after their electric car development failed. Household robots could be on the market by 2030. They are investing 600 million pounds in the development of various technologies this year alone, and by 2025 that amount of investment will rise to 2.75 billion pounds.