Dyson’s robot vacuum is available in Japan for $1200 | Yahoo Finance

When we saw the Dyson 360 Eye at IFA 2014, we were kind of mesmerized. Sixteen years in the making, it was the robot vacuum you’d expect from Dyson. Over a year later, the bot vac is finally getting a release date — in Japan. The price clocks in at around $1,243, well above iRobot’s newest $900 Roomba, the connected 980. The thing is, the features that impressed us a year ago have already been incorporated into other vacuums. The Samsung PowerBot also has a camera pointed at the ceiling to help

Hallie Siegel robotics editor-at-large

Hallie Siegel robotics editor-at-large