Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

Article

• DeepMind releases Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a robotics-focused model update
• Demonstrates tasks like reading analog gauges and physical manipulation
• Builds on existing generative model stack with brain-like orchestration
• Targets real-world embodied reasoning tasks

Discussion

• Commenters feel progress is real but inference speed remains the ceiling for practical robotics
• Labs can’t release early robotics models — one dish-breaking incident is a catastrophic failure for users
• Skepticism on gauge-reading demo: machine vision already solved this cheaply with digital sensors

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