Technology May 01, 2026 · 1 min read

Dyson finally made a better robot, but a worse vacuum

I'm deeply conflicted about the Dyson Spot + Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop. It's the company's best robotic floor cleaner to date, with excellent mopping performance, good navigation and obstacle detection, and a multifunction dock that takes much of the busywork off your hands. But Dyson's first at...

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The Verge
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Dyson finally made a better robot, but a worse vacuum
The Dyson Spot + Scrub Ai is Dyson’s first combination robot vacuum and mop. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

I'm deeply conflicted about the Dyson Spot + Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop. It's the company's best robotic floor cleaner to date, with excellent mopping performance, good navigation and obstacle detection, and a multifunction dock that takes much of the busywork off your hands. But Dyson's first attempt at a vacuum-and-mop combo is a worse vacuum than its predecessors, and that's because there's no Dyson motor in this vacuum.

You read that right. For $1,200, the Spot + Scrub doesn't get you a Dyson vacuum; instead, you're getting a third-party motor and brush system. "It's not one of our V10 motors, it's one of our partner technologies," N …

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