Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics / Robotics-ER

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Gemini Robotics / Robotics-ER — a VLA built on Gemini 2.0

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Connected web-scale semantic knowledge to robot control as an output modality

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Officialdeepmind.googlehttps://deepmind.google/discover/blog/gemini-robotics-brings-ai-into-the-physical-world/

Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week

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In the model family tree — Gemini family · 21 versions

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  3. Later versionGemini 2.5 Flash Image (nano-banana)
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