Nick Evans

DC06 Evolution - Mechanical Team leader, 2001-2005 - In July 2001 Dyson unveiled the world's first robotic vacuum cleaner, DCO6. Eighteen months of home-trials followed and provided invaluable information for Dyson scientists and engineers to develop the concept further. As Mechanical Team Leader, I was responsible for developing some of the key assemblies, as well as ensuring tight integration with the Hardware and Software teams. Development on this platform continued in order to deliver a truly autonomous alternative to manual vacuuming.

DC06 Evolution - Mechanical Team leader, 2001-2005 - In July 2001 Dyson unveiled the world's first robotic vacuum cleaner, DCO6. Eighteen months of home-trials followed and provided invaluable information for Dyson scientists and engineers to develop the concept further. As Mechanical Team Leader, I was responsible for developing some of the key assemblies, as well as ensuring tight integration with the Hardware and Software teams. Development on this platform continued in order to deliver a truly autonomous alternative to manual vacuuming.

Dyson 360 Eye. By 2005 we had a functioning mechanical architecture and a number of working prototypes, which were used to refine the vision system, sensors and mapping algorithms. Once the proof-of-concept was achieved, a new team worked on the detailed design and design for manufacture, with the final product launching into the Japanese market in 2015.

DC11 - Design Engineer, 2000-2001 - Cylinder vacuums are notoriously difficult to store with their unwieldy hose and wand but DC11 solves this with its telescopic wand and hose wrap system. My responsibility as Design Engineer was the wand, for which a patented telescopic mechanism was developed. This greatly reduced the product's overall size making it easier to carry and store. Over the years this design has also been used on DC08T, DC12 and DC20, as well as forming the basis for some of the newer telescopic wands.

DC11 - Design Engineer, 2000-2001 - Cylinder vacuums are notoriously difficult to store with their unwieldy hose and wand but DC11 solves this with its telescopic wand and hose wrap system. My responsibility as Design Engineer was the wand, for which a patented telescopic mechanism was developed. This greatly reduced the product's overall size making it easier to carry and store. Over the years this design has also been used on DC08T, DC12 and DC20, as well as forming the basis for some of the newer telescopic wands.

DC11 - Design Engineer, 2000-2001 - Cylinder vacuums are notoriously difficult to store with their unwieldy hose and wand but DC11 solves this with its telescopic wand and hose wrap system. My responsibility as Design Engineer was the wand, for which a patented telescopic mechanism was developed. This greatly reduced the product's overall size making it easier to carry and store. Over the years this design has also been used on DC08T, DC12 and DC20, as well as forming the basis for some of the newer telescopic wands.

DC11 - Design Engineer, 2000-2001 - Cylinder vacuums are notoriously difficult to store with their unwieldy hose and wand but DC11 solves this with its telescopic wand and hose wrap system. My responsibility as Design Engineer was the wand, for which a patented telescopic mechanism was developed. This greatly reduced the product's overall size making it easier to carry and store. Over the years this design has also been used on DC08T, DC12 and DC20, as well as forming the basis for some of the newer telescopic wands.

DC12 - The Japanese DC12 cylinder vacuum also used the patented wand mechanism in order to reduce the product's space envelope when not in use, making it easier to carry and store than a standard cylinder vacuum.

DC20 Stowaway - The patented telescopic wand mechanism was also used more recently on the DC20 cylinder vacuum, helping to support the product's Stowaway moniker.