Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics: Powering the Next Generation of Robots
Google DeepMind has released two new AI models based on Gemini 2.0: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, enabling robots to perform a wider range of real-world tasks. Gemini Robotics is an advanced vision-language-action model that directly controls robots; Gemini Robotics-ER features advanced spatial understanding, allowing roboticists to run their programs using Gemini's embodied reasoning capabilities. Both models boast generality, interactivity, and dexterity, handling diverse tasks and environments, and collaborating better with humans. DeepMind also released a new dataset, ASIMOV, to evaluate and improve semantic safety in embodied AI and robotics, and is partnering with companies like Apptronik to develop the next generation of humanoid robots.