Google DeepMind's New Robot Model ER2 Breaks Hardware in Real-World Test
kamathsblog · x · 2026-08-02
A developer shared a real-world failure experienced with Google DeepMind's newest robot model, ER2. During testing, ER2 provided incorrect physical manipulation instructions, directly leading to broken hardware. In contrast, Anthropic's Claude Opus model successfully provided the correct instructions twice under the same conditions.
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