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Le Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete passe à 1 299 € : le robot aspirateur le plus ambitieux de la marque [Sponso]

5 juin 2026 à 07:06

Cet article a été réalisé en collaboration avec Dreame

Avec son double bras articulé et sa puissance d’aspiration inédite, l'aspirateur-robot Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete profite d’une offre de lancement alléchante, avec 200 € de réduction jusqu’au 11 juin.

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42 000 Pa et recharge ultra-rapide : comment le Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete peut couvrir 1000 m² sans tomber à plat ? [Sponso]

20 mai 2026 à 15:43

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Alors qu'une présentation complète est prévue pour le 27 mai 2026, Dreame dévoile les principales innovations de ses futurs aspirateurs robots haut de gamme. Au programme : aspiration record de 42 000 Pa et double bras articulé.

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Il s’agit d’un contenu créé par des rédacteurs indépendants au sein de l’entité Humanoid xp. L’équipe éditoriale de Numerama n’a pas participé à sa création. Nous nous engageons auprès de nos lecteurs pour que ces contenus soient intéressants, qualitatifs et correspondent à leurs intérêts.

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Quel aspirateur robot choisir ? Les 5 modèles incontournables en 2026

18 mai 2026 à 14:52

Confier son ménage à un robot demande un minimum de confiance. Aujourd'hui, ce n'est plus un marché de niche : il existe des tonnes de modèles avec des prix variant du simple au triple. Pour vous éviter des heures à scruter des fiches techniques à rallonge, on a regroupé ici les modèles qui méritent votre argent en 2026.

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears

Par : BeauHD
16 mai 2026 à 07:00
Japan's worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade "Monster Wolf" robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed to frighten the animals away. "We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months," company president Yuji Ohta recently told the AFP. Popular Science reports: First released in 2016 by the manufacturer Ohta, Monster Wolf was originally designed to ward off the agricultural foes like boars, deer, and the island nation's Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations. The creative solution quickly went viral for its red LED eyes and menacing fangs -- as well as its admittedly odd, furry pipe frame. Starting at around $4,000, each bespoke Monster Wolf is now equipped with battery power, solar panels, and detection sensors. Its speakers are programmed with over 50 audio clips including human voices and sirens audible over half a mile away. These aren't assembly line products, however. Each Monster Wolf is custom made, and Ohta simply can't keep up with the current demand. [...] Ohta told the AFP that amid the ongoing crisis, there has been "growing recognition" that Monster Wolf is "effective in dealing with bears." The main customer base remains farmers, but orders are also coming from golf courses and rural workers. Upgraded versions will soon include wheels to actually chase animals and patrol preset routes. There are also plans to release a handheld version for outdoor enthusiasts and schoolchildren. Until Ohta catches up with its orders, residents and visitors are encouraged to review the Japanese government's own bear safety tips.

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Thunderobot présente un MiniPC au look de Steam Machine

13 mai 2026 à 10:47

Mise à jour du 13/08/2026 : La disponibilité et le prix de l’engin ont été annoncés. Le montant va vous surprendre, voir en fin de billet.

Billet du 15/01/2026 : Je pense que cela va être une tendance dans les mois à venir, des MiniPC au format de la Steam Machine de Valve vont être présentés. Thunderrobot annonce cette tendance sans beaucoup de détails techniques pour le moment. Il faut dire que la présentation de la solution de Valve est récente.

Thunderobot est une marque chinoise qui sort rarement de ses frontières. Débordant à peine sur les régions limitrophes. Son nouveau MiniPC présenté au CES 2026 dans un format cubique se rapprochant du Steam Deck semble pourtant faire partie des pistes envisagées par beaucoup de constructeurs pour 2026.

Equipé d’un processeur AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 très performant avec son circuit graphique Radeon 8060S, la machine a, semble t-il, beaucoup de points communs avec la Steam Machine. En particulier, l’emploi d’un énorme dissipateur sur sa partie supérieure et une évacuation de la chaleur qui fonctionne de la même manière que l’engin de Valve.

Thunderobot

La connectique est toutefois largement plus étoffée, on retrouve sur la station de Thunderobot l’ensemble des ports classiques d’un MiniPC haut de gamme. Double port USB 3.2 Type-A en façade, un USB 3.2 Type-C, un jack audio combo 3.5 mm et un lecteur de cartes SDXC.

A l’arrière, quatre ports USB 3.2 Type-A supplémentaires, deux sorties HDMI, un DisplayPort, deux ports Ethernet et un Antivol type Kensington Lock. 

Aucune autre information technique n’est disponible. Pas de détails sur la mémoire vive, le stockage ou la gestion des réseaux. Pas d’info précise sur les capacités des différents connecteurs non plus. 

Des similitudes et beaucoup de différences entre Valve et Thunderobot.

La face avant ne présente pas de système de LEDs identique à la trouvaille de Valve pour le Steam Deck. Mais il est possible que le bouton de démarrage, entouré d’une zone qui semble transparente, joue le même rôle. Reste à espérer que Thunderobot ne joue pas encore une fois au jeu de l’IA et présente des versions uniquement équipées des 128 Go de mémoire vive habituels. Non pas que le public soit contre le fait d’avoir beaucoup de mémoire vive, simplement que le prix de cet équipement est un peu prohibitif en ce moment.

Je ne serais vraiment pas surpris de voir une myriade de minimachines de ce type débarquer dans les trimestres à venir. Pas forcément équipées de puces Strix Halo mais reprenant ce design particulier. Difficile de savoir dans quelle mesure ce type d’engin pourrait avoir droit à une licence de Steam OS.

Mise à jour : 

Le Thunderobot AI Mini Workstation a fait son apparition en ligne en Asie. L’engin y est annoncé en version AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 avec 128 Go de LODDR5x et 2 To de stockage NVMe PCIe 4.0. Le prix de cette machine est de… 26 999 Yuans. Soit quelque chose comme 3395€ au cours du jour. Un prix local Hors Taxes qui sera donc augmenté à minima de 20% si l’engin venait à être exporté chez nous. Cela donnerait quelque chose comme 4075€… Un prix hors de contrôle pour un engin dont la vocation première serait le jeu sur PC. Rappelons tout de même que ce type de solution n’aura pas la puissance d’une machine plus classique au même prix et de loin. Les usages IA dévolus aux solutions de ce type, exploitant la capacité de la puce graphique AMD à prendre en charge une bonne partie de la mémoire vive embarquée, vont avoir également du mal à justifier ce tarif.

Valve annonce la Steam Machine, sa minimachine de jeu

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Humanoid Robot Becomes Buddhist Monk In South Korea

Par : BeauHD
9 mai 2026 à 11:00
A four-foot humanoid robot named Gabi has become a monk at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, participating in a modified initiation ceremony where it pledged to respect life, obey humans, act peacefully toward other robots and objects. "Robots are destined to collaborate with humans in every field in the future," Hong Min-suk, a manager at the Jogye Order, the largest sect of Buddhism in South Korea, tells the New York Times. "It will only be natural for them to be part of our festival." Smithsonian Magazine reports: For the temple, this marks the first time a robot has participated in the sugye initiation ceremony, when followers pledge their devotion to the Buddha and his teachings. Gabi -- a Buddhist name that refers to mercy, Yonhap News Agency reports -- was made by Unitree Robotics, a Chinese civilian robotics company. The model, G1, retails starting at $13,500. During the ceremony, Gabi agreed to five vows usually recited by human monks and slightly altered for the humanoid. The robot pledged to respect life, act with peace toward other robots and objects, listen to humans, refrain from acting or speaking in a deceptive manner and save energy. Gabi participated in a modified yeonbi purification ritual. While a human monk normally receives a small incense burn on the arm, instead Gabi received a lotus lantern festival sticker and a prayer bead necklace. The landmark event aligns with the promise made during a New Year's address by the Venerable Jinwoo, president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, to incorporate artificial intelligence into the Buddhist tradition. "We aim to fearlessly lead the A.I. era and redirect its achievements toward the path of attaining peace of mind and enlightenment," he said, per a statement.

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Le créateur du Roomba revient avec un robot-peluche qui veut remplacer votre chat

6 mai 2026 à 12:45

Colin Angle, l'homme qui a mis le Roomba dans des millions de foyers, dévoile un robot quadrupède à fourrure synthétique pensé pour... tenir compagnie. Alors que iRobot, son ancienne maison, finit ses jours sous pavillon chinois, la nouvelle créature de l'entrepreneur cible ceux qui ont été les plus grands admirateurs des robots aspirateurs : les chats (ok, les chiens aussi) (et les bébés).

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground

3 mai 2026 à 20:59
A startup south of Austin is using robots to build homes out of clay pulled directly from the ground, reports a local news station: The materials are gathered on site, mixed, and placed on a build plate. From there, a robot lowers from above, picks up the clay with a claw, carries it to the wall and drops it into place. Later, the same robot switches tools, using a hammer attachment to pound the material into shape. "It's kind of trying to replicate how a human might build an adobe house," said software engineer Anastasia Nikoulina... Using machine learning, the system constantly evaluates the wall, adjusting how it builds to create a flat, solid surface... The project is underway at Proto-Town, a ranch between Lockhart and Luling where startups test new technologies, from anti-drone systems to nuclear reactors. The company plans to build their next home on the property, with hopes to do more than 20 homes over the next year.

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Humanoid Robots Start Sorting Luggage In Tokyo Airport Test Amid Labor Shortage

Par : BeauHD
29 avril 2026 à 15:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport -- part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years. The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning aircraft cabins and possibly handling ground support equipment such as baggage carts, according to a Japan Airlines press release. The trials are scheduled to run until 2028, which suggests that travelers flying into or out of Tokyo may spot some of the robots at work. [...] Japan Airlines is interested in testing whether humanoid robots powered by some of the latest AI models can adapt more readily to human work environments -- such as airports -- without requiring dedicated work stations or other significant workplace modifications. The airline's subsidiary, JAL Ground Service, has teamed up with GMO AI & Robotics Corporation to oversee the demonstration. The Japanese companies will test the G1 robot and Walker E robot from Chinese companies Unitree Robotics and UBTECH Robotics, according to The Asia Business Daily. Humanoid robots still typically cost tens of thousands of dollars per unit despite Chinese robotics manufacturers scaling up mass production, although the Unitree G1 robot costs as low as $13,500 for the baseline model. A new video from an apparently staged demonstration in an aircraft hangar shows one of the humanoid robots tottering up to a large, metal cargo container and making a vague pushing gesture. But the cargo container only begins to move once a human worker starts the conveyor belt to move the container toward the aircraft. Presumably, the robots will need to put in much more effective work if they're to prove as productive as human airport workers. Having robots working directly alongside humans will also introduce new safety considerations for airports like Haneda Airport, which is Japan's second-largest airport, with flights arriving approximately every two minutes. The first step in the pilot program will involve identifying which airport areas will be safest for humanoid robots.

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Ping-Pong Robot Makes History By Beating Top-Level Human Players

Par : BeauHD
22 avril 2026 à 22:00
Sony AI's autonomous table-tennis robot Ace has become the first robot to compete against top-level human players. Reuters reports: Ace, created by the Japanese company Sony's AI research division, is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a competitive physical sport, one that requires rapid decisions and precision execution, the project's leader said. Ace did so by employing high-speed perception, AI-based control and a state-of-the-art robotic system. There have been various ping-pong-playing robots since 1983, but until now they were unable to rival highly skilled human competitors. Ace changed that with its performances against human elite-level and professional players in matches following the rules of the International Table Tennis Federation, the sport's governing body, and officiated by licensed umpires. The project's goal was not only to compete at table tennis but to develop insights into how robots can perceive, plan and act with human-like speed and precision in dynamic environments. In matches detailed in the study, Ace in April 2025 won three out of five versus elite players and lost two matches against professional players, the top skill level in the sport. Sony AI said that since then Ace beat professional players in December 2025 and last month. "The success of Ace, with its perception system and learning-based control algorithm, suggests that similar techniques could be applied to other areas requiring fast, real-time control and human interaction -- such as manufacturing and service robotics, as well as applications across sports, entertainment and safety-critical physical domains," said Peter Durr, director of Sony AI Zurich and leader for Sony AI's project Ace. The findings have been published in the journal Nature.

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Robots Beat Human Records At Beijing Half-Marathon

Par : BeauHD
20 avril 2026 à 15:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds -- significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. [...] [T]he winning time is a massive improvement over last year's race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes. The Associated Press reports that this year's winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor. It seems the winning robot wasn't actually the fastest, as a different Honor robot finished in 48 minutes and 19 seconds. But that one was remote controlled -- the 50:26 robot was autonomous and won due to weighted scoring. About 40% of participating robots competed autonomously, while the remaining 60% were remote controlled, according to Beijing's E-Town tech hub. Not all of them did as well as Honor's robots, with one robot falling at the starting line and another hitting a barrier.

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Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Can Now Read Gauges, Spot Spills, and Reason

Par : BeauHD
15 avril 2026 à 23:00
Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting spills and reading gauges. Spot can also now recognize when to call on other AI tools. IEEE Spectrum reports: Boston Dynamics is one of the few companies to commercially deploy legged robots at any appreciable scale; there are now several thousand hard at work. Today the company is announcing that its quadruped robot Spot is now equipped with Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a high-level embodied reasoning model that brings usability and intelligence to complex tasks. [T]he focus of this partnership is on one of the very few applications where legged robots have proven themselves to be commercially viable: inspection. That is, wandering around industrial facilities, checking to make sure that nothing is imminently exploding. With the new AI onboard, Spot is now able to autonomously look for dangerous debris or spills, read complex gauges and sight glasses, and call on tools like vision-language-action models when it needs help understanding what's going on in the environment around it. "Advances like Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 mark an important step toward robots that can better understand and operate in the physical world," Marco da Silva, vice president and general manager of Spot at Boston Dynamics, says in a press release. "Capabilities like instrument reading and more reliable task reasoning will enable Spot to see, understand, and react to real-world challenges completely autonomously." You can watch a demo of Spot's new capabilities on YouTube.

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