- Dyson has announced Spot+Scrub AI Robot Vacuum, which will be sold in 2026
- It has AI -shorting and stain detection, plus roll -mopping
- There is also a poseless auto-emptom dock with water tanks and mop cleaning
Dyson does a lot of things extremely well, but historically, robot vacuum has not been one of them. Its current effort – Dyson 360 Show NAV – fell flat thanks to its lack of features, unjustly high price tag and unforgivable navigation problems.
So I was more than a little surprised to see, hidden in the current tsunami of New Dyson launches, a new robot wacuum. On paper, Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai looks far more promising than its predecessors. Frankly, it should be: The market is moving at groundbreaking speed, and today’s best robot wacuum is incredibly skilled and full of features.
USP is in the name: This bot uses AI to see stains and then go back and forth over them until it knows they are gone. Dyson says it can identify nearly 200 items and fabrics using and AI-driven camera and pulsating green, dirt, laser laser similar to the one found on the floor head of today’s best Dyson manual vacuum.
I got a sneak preview at Dyson -Discussed Event in Berlin (running next to IFA 2025) and the most important thing thinks it hit me is the size. This bot is really very chunky compared to competitor models – both in the width and height of the robot itself and the size of the dock. Not one for small homes.
Inside, there is Lidar and ‘AI Vision’ for mapping and navigation – something this model really needs to come right because all the smart features in the world will not compensate for a Robovac that cannot find its way around that waist is proved.
Former Dyson Robovacs has fully focused on the vacuuming bit, but this is the first to mop. In addition, the Mopping setup looks good: There is a roller mop that is continuously fed with fresh water as it turns and it can kick out to one side with 1.6 inches / 4 cm to get just close to the edges of the rooms. I saw the extension of mop in action – see in the video above.
This is a relatively new style with Robovac Mop, but it looks like a winner. We were impressed with it on the Eureka J20 and it is becoming more popular with new releases – for example, a particularly advanced version appears on the new Dream Robovac.
Lean, Mean, Clean Machine
The other major oversight of Dyson’s former Robovac was that it came only with the most basic dock that charged bot, but nothing else. Here, the brand has gone beyond correcting the problem. Dock that accompanies the place+scrub AI can not only empty dust but also fill on board water tanks and washes and dry the mop pads.
In fact, Dyson has introduced some of its significant vacuum cleaner expertise in the auto-empty setup, added cyclones and the use of a poseless system that removes the ongoing irritation and cost of buying new bags.
I’m a little disappointed to see Dyson choose a more generic look here. While the previous D-Form was divisive (Techradar’s reviewer liked it; no one else did), it was purple-blue color scheme marked dyson, and I was quite taken with the fact that it all looked like you would put a dyson stick vac in a hydraulic press.
Here are a few pops of red and purple, plus a nod for vacuum cyclones at the top of the dock garbage bin, but it’s not as unique as a waist. Although a design decision that may raise a pair of eyebrows, the transparent Dustin is in the dock. Dyson is convinced that everyone will see what has been sucked up – I leave you to call your own call.
If you can get over the size, the next obstacle may be pricing, which at the time of writing is TBC. The brand can get away with charging a prize in markets where it is a leader – its wireless stick -vakuum really pushes the envelope when it comes to performance and features, but Dyson does not have the same cachet in the robot vacuum room. I am interested in seeing how this bot is located in the wider market.
