Gemini Robotics 2 Brings Google's AI Into the Physical World
Taken together, they allow a robot to make sense of its surroundings and how to act in it. A vision language model (VLM), which understands images and video, can communicate with humans and reason how to perform different tasks. In one demo, Apptronik’s Apollo 2 robot used hands from a company called Sharpa to tidy shelves.
- ▪Taken together, they allow a robot to make sense of its surroundings and how to act in it.
- ▪A vision language model (VLM), which understands images and video, can communicate with humans and reason how to perform different tasks.
- ▪In one demo, Apptronik’s Apollo 2 robot used hands from a company called Sharpa to tidy shelves.
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Will KnightBusinessJul 30, 2026 11:04 AMGoogle’s Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid RobotThe latest version of Google DeepMind's AI model includes a significant jump into “physical AGI.” But plopping AI into the real world comes with risks.Photo-Illustration: Darrell Jackson; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyGoogle DeepMind just released a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, and it can control a range of different robots—including humanoids capable of dextrous tasks like screwing in lightbulbs and tying trash bags.Gemini Robotics 2 combines several different AI models into a single system. Taken together, they allow a robot to make sense of its surroundings and how to act in it.
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