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 …