Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots(deepmind.google)
582 points by ai2027 21 hours ago | 465 comments
tl;dr: Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2, a suite of three models bringing whole-body control, dexterous manipulation, and multi-robot collaboration to humanoids and bi-arm robots. It includes a vision-language-action (VLA) model for motor control, an embodied reasoning (ER) model for multi-step planning and human interaction, and an on-device variant that adapts to new robot embodiments with ~200 examples in a few hours. The ER model is available on Google AI Studio, while the VLA and on-device models are limited to early-access partners like Apptronik and Boston Dynamics.
HN Discussion:
  • Google's broad AI capabilities across domains are impressive and underappreciated
  • Robots look slow now but rapid progress could enable massive applications soon
  • Requesting honest assessment of real-world capabilities and limitations
  • Humanoid actuators are fundamentally inadequate, making this approach a dead end
  • LLM-based control has too much latency; traditional control methods are more practical