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Google Deepmind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 to power robots of all shapes from tabletop arms to humanoids

The Decoder · Jul 31, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC

Google Deepmind's Gemini Robotics 2 is its most advanced vision-language-action model yet, built to control everything from tabletop robots to full-body humanoids. Gemini Robotics ER 2 adds a higher-level reasoning layer for robotics tasks.…

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