Google DeepMind shipped Gemini Robotics 2, an AI system designed to give robots whole-body intelligence for complex physical tasks and multi-robot collaboration.

The system builds on DeepMind's Gemini foundation models to enable robots to understand, reason, and act in physical environments. It supports dexterous manipulation and adaptive reasoning across different robot form factors.

Key capabilities

Gemini Robotics 2 focuses on three core areas:

  • Whole-body intelligence that coordinates multiple robot components
  • Dexterous manipulation for complex object handling
  • Multi-robot collaboration for coordinated tasks

The system represents DeepMind's latest effort to bridge the gap between AI language models and physical world applications. Unlike previous robotics AI that focused on specific tasks, Gemini Robotics 2 aims to provide general intelligence that adapts to different scenarios.

The announcement comes as physical AI becomes a key battleground for major tech companies. Physical Intelligence raised funding earlier this year to build foundation models for robots, while Figure AI has partnered with OpenAI on humanoid robot development.

DeepMind has not disclosed specific performance benchmarks, deployment timelines, or commercial availability for Gemini Robotics 2. The company described it as moving "closer to a future where robots can work alongside humans" but provided no concrete metrics on task success rates or operational capabilities.

The system builds on Google's broader robotics research, including previous work on robot learning and the RT-X dataset of robot demonstrations. DeepMind has been developing robotics AI for several years but has yet to announce commercial robot products.

Google faces competition from startups like Skild AI, which is building what it calls a "universal AI brain for any robot," and established robotics companies integrating large language models into their systems.

DeepMind plans to continue developing the technology as part of its broader AI research agenda, though the company has not specified next steps or partnership announcements for Gemini Robotics 2.