Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
Summary
DeepMind/Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics 2, the intelligence layer enabling whole-body control for humanoid robots. It enables on-device adaptation, multi-robot collaboration, and advanced dexterity across hands and grippers, with three models: VLA, ER 2, and On-Device 2, plus safety enhancements and task planning for longer sequences. The update highlights real-world demos with Apptronik Apollo 2 and Franka Duo and signals progress toward general-purpose physical AI.