Dyson Needs 700 Engineers to Help Build a Robot Brain for Household Chores

pcmag.com:

Dyson, best known for its bagless vacuums, believes its future lies with household robotics and the company needs 700 engineers to help build a robot brain capable of doing household chores.

In a new video that you can watch below, Dyson chief engineer Jake Dyson offers a small glimpse of the secret robot projects the company is working on. The teaser isn't to excite consumers, it's to entice robotics engineers to consider working for the company in one of its four new robotics tech offices located around the UK and in Singapore.

So far this year, 2,000 engineers, scientists, and programmers have joined the company alongside 250 robotics engineers to work on computer vision, machine learning, sensors, and mechantronics. But as a sign of how complex robotics is, another 700 people are needed(Opens in a new window) to work on robots, and more specifically a robot brain that can deal with a growing range of common household tasks.

The final robots Dyson produces for the home need to be able to visually perceive their surroundings, have the capability to learn, manipulate new objects, and just as importantly, remain compliant and safe around humans and animals.

Dyson isn't the only company attempting to solve these problems and they are all trying to entice talented individuals to come work for them, which makes it a great time to be a robotics engineers, scientist, or programmer. If you also despise doing household chores, I suspect that would be viewed as a positive on your resume at Dyson.

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