The word ‘heuristic’ means encouraging
someone to solve a problem by trial and
error. It also applies to computers... and
robot vacuum cleaners, especially ones
with 450,000 lines of code – hence the
name of Dyson’s latest auto-sucker.
With its 360º vision system, quad-core
processors and intelligent mapping, the
360 Heurist goes all Indiana Jones on your
house and commits the layout to memory,
with eight sensors on the front and sides
to avoid obstacles and get right up close to
the edges of a room. There are even eight
LEDs around the camera so it can carry on
cleaning underneath furniture and when

the lights go out. Combined with a full-width

brush bar, two different bristle types and a

filter for finer particles, that means it should

never miss a spot.

Its digital motor spins at 78,000rpm,

meaning it sucks 20% harder than the old

model and has twice as much power as any

other robotic dust-guzzler. At max power

it’ll need to head back to base for a recharge

after 20 minutes, but in quiet mode it’ll

keep slurping for as long as 90 minutes...

which is handy, because the football’s just

about to start. Keep it down, Dyson.

As hot as... the robots’ World Cup Final

£800 / dyson.co.uk

SHAGPILE AND ERROR

Dyson 360 Heurist

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