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Google introduces new AI models for rapidly growing robotics industry​


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March 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google launched two new AI models tailored for robotics applications on Wednesday based on its Gemini 2.0 model, as it looks to cater to the rapidly growing robotics industry.

The robotics field has made large strides over the past few years with increasing advancements in AI and improving models, speeding up commercialization of robots largely in industrial settings, according to industry experts.

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Google's launch comes a month after robotics startup Figure AI exited its collaboration agreement with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI after it made an internal breakthrough in AI for robots.

The search engine giant's Gemini Robotics is an advanced vision-language-action model that will have physical actions as a way to provide output.

The second model, named Gemini Robotics-ER, will enable a robot to have an advanced understanding of the space around it and lets developers run their own programs using reasoning abilities offered by Gemini 2.0.

Google said its models are designed for robots of all form factors including humanoids and other types used in factories and warehouses.

Using robotics-focused AI models developed by the likes of Google and OpenAI can help cash-strapped startups reduce development costs and increase the speed at which they can take their product to market.

Google said it tested the Gemini Robotics model on data from its bi-arm robotics platform, ALOHA 2, but can be specialized for complex use cases such as Apptronik's Apollo robot.

Apptronik raised $350 million in a funding round last month led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Google to scale production of AI-powered humanoid robots.

Google had bought robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics in 2013, and sold the company, known for its dog-like and humanoid robots, to SoftBank Group Corp about four years later.

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[Robotics] Unitree G1 - Kip-up, Sweeping Kick, Tai Chi




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I find it funny that they have to clarify that the video is real and not generated by AI because of the amount of people who continue to believe that these videos are fake.


│ Commented on Fri Mar 21 15:59:32 2025 UTC

│ It's so funny. They keep trying new elements and posting extra videos to make it hard for people to call it fake, cgi or ai generated.

│ Some people thought the first dancing video was fake, so they posted 请大家欣赏,宇树G1跳舞实拍 - 小红书 with a mirror behind the robot while they hit it with balls and sticks.

│ Same thing for the kung fu video, so they posted 720度回旋踢,请听声音! - 小红书 but with the ceo in frame interacting with it.

│ For the side-flip video, they just had someone firing at it.

│ And for this most recent one, they have people in the background and interacting with the robot again, and now they finally added text.

│ Some people will still think they're fake, even with all that. But as more companies showcase the same capabilities, like in that recent Boston Dynamics video, it'll just keep getting harder to stay a skeptic and call them fake.
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They really out here making fighting robots as a first priority :mjlol:

I might have to befriend Will Smith in the next 5 to 10 years :patrice:
 
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