Understanding how your Dyson 360 Vis Nav™ robot vacuum navigates

Understanding how your Dyson 360 Vis Nav™ robot vacuum navigates.

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Find out how your robot finds its location in a room, the sensors it uses to detect obstacles and generate a map, and why it follows the navigation path that it does.

Starting the clean:
If starting from its dock, the robot will first perform a 'T-shape' manoeuvre, which helps it recognise the room it's in.
Intelligent SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) technology which robot's camera uses to first locate itself in the room, and then build a map of objects and obstacles.

Cleaning pattern:
The robot follows a spiral cleaning pattern, helping it recognise features from all angles.
The spiral pattern is used to methodically and efficiently cover every part of your floor.
The robot will begin by cleaning open areas – dividing them into a grid of approximately 5m x 5m squares.
After cleaning the open area of 5m x 5m square, the robot will separately clean the edges. Before repeating this process in the next square in the grid.
If you're cleaning in Quick mode, the robot will skip the edge-cleaning and just clean the open areas in each square of the grid.

Obstacle avoidance:
Some of the 26 sensors on the robot detect obstacles and drops - and allow the robot to accurately follow walls and edges.
Your robot will avoid obstacles 4cm or larger, and can climb a maximum height of 21mm.
Long-range mapping sensors monitor objects up to 2 metres away, to help the robot build a map of your home.
Depending on environmental factors, such a light levels or objects that have moved since your previous clean, your robot may occasionally bump into obstacles. See our Creating and managing restrictions film for more advice on avoid areas:

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