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date: "2026-07-30"
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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# Google DeepMind launches Gemini Robotics 2 family with whole-body humanoid control

On 30 July 2026 Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 — a VLA model for whole-body humanoid control and dexterous manipulation, the Gemini Robotics ER 2 embodied-reasoning "brain" (public in the Gemini API), and a lightweight On-Device 2 model that adapts to new robot bodies in hours. Partners include Apptronik, Boston Dynamics, Franka and Agile Robots.

## Key facts
- Three models: Gemini Robotics 2 (vision-language-action), Gemini Robotics ER 2 (embodied reasoning), Gemini Robotics On-Device 2
- Whole-body control: walking, crouching and manipulating; multi-fingered hands and grippers; multi-robot collaboration; tasks lasting several minutes
- ER 2 adds real-time video understanding, task-progress tracking, tool calls and low-latency orchestration via the Live API
- ER 2 moment-finding accuracy 91.3% (mean abs. error 0.96 s) at ~4x the speed of the previous generation (per third-party summary of Google's numbers)
- API IDs: gemini-robotics-er-2-preview and gemini-robotics-er-2-streaming-preview; ER 1.6 preview shut down 2026-08-31
- Partners: Apptronik (Apollo 2), Franka Duo, Boston Dynamics, Agile Robots; VLA and On-Device via early-access program

## What happened

Google DeepMind announced its second-generation robotics foundation models. Gemini Robotics 2 converts vision and language into motor control for humanoids and bi-arm robots, now including whole-body control; ER 2 plans multi-step tasks, talks to humans and coordinates several robots; On-Device 2 runs locally and adapts to new embodiments quickly. ER 2 is publicly available to developers in the Gemini API/AI Studio; the VLA models are limited to partners.

## Why it matters

It moves Google's robotics stack from tabletop arm manipulation to general-purpose humanoid bodies, with a hosted "robot brain" API developers can use today — a key piece in the 2026 race for physical AI.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 91 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 30 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): 121 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 60 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots (DeepMind blog)](https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-2-brings-whole-body-intelligence-to-robots/) (deepmind.google, official)
2. [Introducing Gemini Robotics ER 2 (Google blog)](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/gemini-robotics-er-2/) (blog.google, official)
3. [Gemini Robotics ER 2 model card](https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-robotics-er-2/) (deepmind.google, official)
4. [SiliconANGLE: DeepMind debuts Gemini Robotics 2 for humanoid robots](https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/30/google-deepmind-debuts-gemini-robotics-2-model-series-humanoid-robots/) (siliconangle.com, press)
5. [MarkTechPost: three physical AI models](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/30/google-deepmind-gemini-robotics-2-whole-body-control-dexterity-multi-robot-collaboration/) (marktechpost.com, press)
6. [Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lSQnrMC6nY) (youtube.com, video)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-05-19: [Google I/O 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Spark agent and Antigravity 2.0](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-05-19-gemini-3-5-flash-io-2026/index.md)
- Models: [Gemini Robotics 2](https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-robotics-2/) (`gemini-robotics-2`), [Gemini Robotics ER 2](https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-robotics-er-2/) (`gemini-robotics-er-2`), [Gemini Robotics On-Device 2](https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-robotics-on-device-2/) (`gemini-robotics-on-device-2`)
- Archived: 3 videos, listed in https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-30-gemini-robotics-2/index.json