Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

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.

Re: Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

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Post by horacemorace » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

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

Re: Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

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Post by RandomLensman » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

> 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?

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Post by uejfiweun » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

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.

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Post by FartyMcFarter » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

RandomLensman wrote: post #6

> 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?

Yes. That's a whole other level of difficulty to accomplish safely.

Re: Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

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Post by _davide_ » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

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

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Post by jjice » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

_davide_ wrote: post #9

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

What's the point of not releasing it? Let people play with it and get some experience with it for a price.