New Dyson patents show robots that can climb and clean stairs, open drawers

Newly published patents reveal various designs of robots by Dyson that can perform several household chores. These include a stair-climbing robot as well as a robot hand that can pick up cups and open drawers simultaneously.

Dyson’s robotic unit has been working on new robot designs that could help people with household chores in a unique way. Newly patented designs by the company show robots that can climb stairs to clean them and those that can open drawers to keep things like coffee mugs inside them. The patents by Dyson were published recently in the U.K. One of these shows a "stairway cleaning and collecting robot" that uses tri-star wheels and an actuated arm to climb the stairs of a house and clean them. The patent mentions that the robot can be used as an autonomous vacuum cleaner and can even be attached with different tools for different purposes.