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Google DeepMind says it'll power robots with AI

Google has shown off two robots running on Gemini 2.0.

Donovan Erskine

March 12, 2025 2:00 PM

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As the world’s tech giants continue to increase their focus on AI, one of the biggest players will soon look to marry the software and hardware sides of its AI business. Google’s DeepMind has announced its plans to power physical robots with its Gemini AI model.

Google made a blog post today where it introduced Gemini Robots. Powered by Gemini 2.0, these robots are described as “an advanced vision-language-action (VLA) model.” These robots can use physical actions as an output. Google has also revealed Robotics-ER, which are equipped with their own spatial awareness and can run their own programming.

Google has also released a video that demonstrates the robots’ abilities. We see a robot packing food into a lunch bag, placing a marker into a container, and neatly folding a piece of paper. In one demonstration, a person asks the robot to flip a red dye so that it matches the same number on the face of a green die adjacent to it.

Google is collaborating with Apptronik to build humanoid robots as part of this initiative. The company says that it hopes to deliver real world applications with its AI robots.

Donovan Erskine

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Donovan is a journalist from Maryland. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge film fanatic and will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_