Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

kaeland

Wow, what a time to be alive!

SubiculumCode

Now they are coming for the plumbers.

aabhay

Can anyone that works on this technology provide an honest assessment of where this technology actually stands? How much instrumentation is actually required, what the interaction quality is, how much trouble do humanoids have with in the wild daily tasks like turning doorknobs, recovering from falls, avoiding knocking into things, etc.

horacemorace

Fingers crossed this inspires a Chinese lab to release some weights so people can benefit.

RandomLensman

> It can better detect when humans are nearby, trigger safety tool calls and bring the robot to a safe stop if someone approaches too closely. If the robots stop when humans are too close, wouldn't that mean that robots for close interaction or handling of humans need a whole other level of control?

uejfiweun

It's funny how Google is essentially trying to compete with the software side of Tesla only - Waymos (which AFAIK they plan to partner with major automakers), now this, etc.

_davide_

What's the point of "releasing it"? It only makes sense in the labs, and what would calling your APIs give "me" as a researcher, other than a baseline to beat? mah the model is real, but it feels 100% internal

LarsDu88

All VLM, VLA models. I wonder if these architectures will reach prod before Yann LeCunn's world model JEPA startup even gets off the ground in Europe.

FartyMcFarter

These robots look slow and not very fluid in their motions, but LLMs like ChatGPT also looked very dumb initially. If progress is as fast as LLMs , this could have massive applications in a few years.

CapyToolkit

If it has intelligence of Gemini... well, good luck...

defrim

We're getting closer

logankeenan

Robotics with AI is the real revolution. Today, humans convert their labor to capital. Capital holders need labor (humans) to acquire more capital. When the price of inference for these robots becomes less than the price of labor then capital holders don’t need labor. Obviously, AI impacts non-manual labor too, but a significant portion of the world population does manual labor.

aavci

Can someone that uses these models provide some tips or docs on how best to get to use these at home to test around? Is the best thing a virtual environment?

prima-facie

A lot of these household tasks could be automated without the need for humanoid robots. Roombas can clean your floor, automated rubbish disposal can be integrated into houses and flats, grocery delivery and storage could be done via an automated intake, cataloguing, and storage system. Humanoids are just creepy and you can't really trust them. Could you sleep easily knowing that you have one in your house? What if you oppose the political views of its creators?

fernly

Relevant: A San Francisco company is advertising humanoid robot housecleaning services[1]. However those 'bots require local supervision and a human controller watching through its video feed. Presumably that company could use the Gemini Robotics product to eliminate the remote controller. [1] https://www.tau-robotics.com/

gradus_ad

Is the fundamental challenge for AI directed movement in 3D space the continuity of the environment? Vs LLM's which train on discrete and limited token sets.

baron816

I don’t think this is where the robotics revolution is going to happen. The big one will be using AI to design and build highly specialized robots to automate mining and manufacturing.

brendong

Is anyone building non-humanoid robots? Feels like humanoid is limiting the creativity of building a truly useful robot in today's age

henpa

As a 47-year-old man with no kids, I have to admit I'm looking forward to the possibility of having a robot help take care of me in my old age.