Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics to Trial Gemini-Powered Robots in Hyundai Factories

Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics are partnering to trial Gemini-powered robotics in Hyundai automotive factories. The project will involve the latter company's humanoid, Atlas, and its dog-like Spot robots, with Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics model used to inform their decision-making and functions.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with the Google DeepMind team," said Alberto Rodriguez, director of robot behavior for Atlas at Boston Dynamics. "We are building the world's most capable humanoid, and we knew we needed a partner that could help us establish new kinds of visual-language-action models for these complex robots. Nobody in the world is better suited than DeepMind to build reliable, scalable models that can be deployed safely and efficiently across a wide variety of tasks and industries."

Although Boston Dynamics has spent years demonstrating advances in robotics, environmental perception, and versatility in navigation and locomotion, it only announced the development of ...