The idea for Ball™ technology came about from a Dyson engineer studying new ways to steer. It started crudely - an old wand handle attached to a wheel. Eventually the wheel became a ball - and an ideal home for the motor.
If you look underneath conventional uprights, you’ll see they sit on four fixed wheels. They're only designed to go forward and back - making steering around corners and obstacles awkward. Push, pull, push, pull ...
We’ve done away with wheels. The new Dyson upright machines ride on a ball so you can steer with ease - no more push/pull around corners and obstacles. Inside the ball is the motor, giving the machine a lower centre of gravity and improving manoeuvrability even further.
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