Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Jennifer Pattison TuohySep 4

Dyson launches three new robot vacuums.

The Nurovi range features a robot mop with spinning pads, a vacuum-only option, and an upgraded version of its Spot+Scrub AI, which adds UV detection and comes in white. Nurovi supposedly stands for “neural intelligence” combined with a camera-based vision system, which makes the robots better at navigation than prior models — based on limited demos I saw at IFA in Berlin. All three robots go on sale this month.

<em>The Dyson R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub UV, $1,199, is a vacuum and mop with UV detection to spot and identify stains using Dyson’s signature green illumination. It has 30,000 Pa suction power, and the roller mop extends to clean edges.</em>

<em>Left, the Dyson R1 Nurovi Dry, $549, is a vacuum-only robot, with 21,000Pa and a smaller auto-empty dock. Right, the Dyson R2 Nurovi Wash+Dry, $699, uses spinning mopping pads instead of a roller mop. It’s available at Costco.</em>

<em>The R2’s triangular mopping pads can extend and are designed to give better coverage.</em>

<em>The R1 doesn’t have a mopping function.</em>

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The Dyson R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub UV, $1,199, is a vacuum and mop with UV detection to spot and identify stains using Dyson’s signature green illumination. It has 30,000 Pa suction power, and the roller mop extends to clean edges.

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Jennifer Pattison TuohySep 4

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Jennifer Pattison TuohySep 3

This might be the fanciest toothbrush launch ever.

Dyson showed off its CameraJet toothbrush in Berlin, Germany, today, at what was quite the event for a dental hygiene product.

Jennifer Pattison TuohySep 3

I can hear the forklifts whirring.

It must mean IFA Media Days are in full swing. I’m on my way to check out Anker’s press conference, and Dom is going to seek out something that folds somewhere in the basement of the Messe. Keep up with us all day as we track down the hottest new gadgets in Berlin ahead of the show’s official opening tomorrow!