Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics(developers.googleblog.com)
220 points by xnx 18 hours ago | 50 comments
tl;dr: Google's Gemini 4 Argon is a multimodal model aimed at robotics, scoring 87% on the Embodied Reasoning (ERQA) benchmark and targeting physical reasoning across the robotics stack. It handles tasks like zero-shot robot control, Real2Sim twin generation from video/sketches, hindsight labeling, dense value function estimation, and self-improvement loops (e.g., boosting a VLA pick-and-place success rate from 56% to 75% via synthesized simulation data). It's available now via Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, and Google Antigravity for AI Ultra subscribers.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Hands-on user confirms Argon shows improved obstacle avoidance over prior models
  • ↑Hobbyist builder validates the zero-shot control approach described in the article
  • ~Questions practicality due to compute/power constraints for on-robot deployment
  • ↓Dismisses the demo as underwhelming given Google's resources and competitor capabilities
  • •Curious inquiry about compatibility with specific hardware (SO101)