Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

	Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots(deepmind.google)
	570 points by ai2027 20 hours ago \| 456 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