Cyber Monday deals make it a bit easier to consider investing in something new. If that something for you happens to be a reliable assistant for home cleaning, consider this Dyson 360 Vis Nav, one of our choices for the best robot vacuums. This is the first time it's been discounted since Dyson started selling these earlier this year. You can pick it up for 200 less than usual at 999 both at Amazon and Dyson directly. We put this robot vacuum through its paces, and you can see the results in our Dyson 360 Vis Nav review.

Dyson makes some of the best vacuums you can get right now, and that goes for its one robot vacuum as well. We were impressed with the 360 Vis Nav when it debuted in the US for the first time earlier this year, and now it's received its first discount thanks to Black Friday deals. You can pick it up for 200 less than usual at 999 both at Amazon and Dyson directly. We put this robot vacuum through its paces, and you can see the results in our Dyson 360 Vis Nav review. It managed to suck up an impressive amount of dog hair in our tests and has 360-degree vision augmented with LED lights to prevent collisions and accidents.

As Black Friday arrives again, it's time to consider getting something new. If that something happens to be a reliable assistant for home cleaning, consider this Dyson 360 Vis Nav, one of our choices for the best robot vacuums. This is the first time it's been discounted since Dyson started selling these earlier this year. We put this robot vacuum through its paces, and you can see the results in our Dyson 360 Vis Nav review. It managed to suck up an impressive amount of dog hair in our tests and has 360-degree vision augmented with LED lights to prevent collisions and accidents.

Dyson helped pioneer the cordless vacuum space, and now it's testing the waters of the robot vacuum arena. The Dyson 360 Vis Nav has been available in other parts of the world for a little while, but it recently came stateside to the tune of 1,200. The company claims a 360-degree vision system, complete with cameras and LED lights, along with suction power akin to that of its stick vacuums sets the 360 Vis Nav apart from competitors. But even if that's true, Dyson is undeniably late to the party. Robot vacuums have gotten a lot better in the past three to five years, and there are dozens on the market -- including some that offer much more in the way of features for a similarly exorbitant price.

Dyson's one of the biggest players in the cordless vacuum and air purifier space (and, more recently, hair styling as well), but it's kept a relatively low profile in the robot vacuum market. After being available in other regions, the Dyson 360 Vis Nav is now available to order in the US for a whopping 1,199 from Dyson direct and other retailers like Amazon. While we haven't had the chance to test the 360 Vis Nav yet, we were able to get more details from Dyson about how the new robot vacuum works. A few things stand out as departures from traditional robot vacuums, the first being the 360-degree vision system that uses a camera on the top-center of the robot to map out your home as it cleans. Home mapping isn't new in this space, but Dyson claims that the images captured by this vision system will help the machine better understand the layout of your home, including where obstacles like furniture live, make note of corners and edges and help it recognize where it's cleaned and where it still needs to go to finish a job.

The future of aspiration seems to be heading towards autonomous robots. Despite the fact that there are more and more comfortable, powerful and efficient hand vacuum cleaners, autonomous robots continue to be an attractive choice for most homes. Dyson, a benchmark in home appliances, has been one of the last to enter this segment and has now just presented its new robot vacuum cleaner in Europe: Dyson 360 Heurist. Unlike the previous model, the Dyson 360 Eye, the name of the new vacuum cleaner hints at its ability to learn. Every time you leave your base with the idea of vacuuming the surface, create a map that is being completed and redefined every day.

Dyson's 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner has finally been released in the UK after an extensive trial in Japan and it claims to be the best available. How does it stack up against the market leading Roomba – and is it really worth buying? The 360 Eye is both smaller and taller than most other robot vacuums. It's 23cm in diameter, which is 12cm less than its biggest competitor, the iRobot Roomba 900 series, but it's also 12cm tall, which makes it 3cm taller than the Roomba. Docked, as it spends most of its time, the 360 Eye takes up significantly less floor space than wider competitors, which makes it easier to live with, and its smaller diameter means it can also get into and out of tighter gaps.

Anyone remember Rosie, the robotic housekeeper who petered around "The Jetsons" in the 1960s? "I swear on my mother's rechargeable batteries," she once joked, when asked by Judy Jetson to keep a secret. While we're still a few years away from a domesticated humanoid robot that can wash our dishes and make our beds, today's smart home products are designed to make your living space safer, more energy efficient, and easier to maintain. The following is a look at a few smart ways to bump up your home's I.Q. The maker of the first smart thermostat (in 2007) is back with an even more affordable model.

Dyson's 360 Eye robot vacuum has been a long time coming to U.S. carpets. The squat little cylinder of a bot first broke cover in September 2014, with a splashy product announcement and a consumer launch in Japan in 2015. North American homes are only just getting their first taste of Dyson's inaugural foray into robotics, however, and my own has been playing host to one for the past couple of weeks. The Dyson 360 Eye is unsurprisingly a terrific vacuum, but it does have room for improvement for a robot – which isn't saying anything new for the category. The bottom line is that Dyson's robot already delivers a better, more reliable clean than the Roomba 595 Pet Vacuum robot I was using previously, and thanks to a commitment by Dyson to continuous improvement, should only get even better over time.

In the future, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) will accelerate beyond anything we have previously imagined. It will offer limitless possibilities – changing our experiences, transforming every area of life and redefining how we interact with technology. Yet AI is not just future fantasy. It is here and now, gaining momentum through advances in machine learning, neural networks and big data. These are exciting times and the UK is right at the heart of it.