Dyson put someone else’s motor in its robot vacuum

Dyson, a company built on engineering high-speed motors, has confirmed to The Verge that its newest robot vacuum doesn’t use a Dyson motor. The recently launched Spot & Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop was “co-engineered,” Nathan Lawson McLean, senior design manager at Dyson, told The Verge . According to Lawson McLean, the device merges “new and already existing Dyson technologies with other platforms.” Specifically, the new lidar-based navigation tech and the robot’s vacuum motor were developed by a third party. “It’s not one of our V10 motors; it’s one of our partner technologies,” said Lawson McLean. “It’s not one of our V10 motors, it’s one of our partner technologies.” — Nathan Lawson McLean The fact that Dyson had help with its newest robot vacuum was suspected from the day it was announced late last year. The Spot + Scrub is a complete departure from Dyson’s previous models and has obvious similarities to other robot vacuums on the market. But this is the first time Dyson has admitted that it had help building its flagship robot vacuum . Outsourcing manufacturing of key components is far from unusual in the world of robot vacuum manufacturers or manufacturing in general. But for a company that built its brand on high-speed motors and cyclonic vacuum technology, it’s a surprising move. The Dyson Spot + Scrub is Dyson’s first robot vacuum with a multifunctional dock that can empty the robot’s bin, wash its mop, drain and refill its water tanks. …