Google's Gemini 4 Argon aims to be the only AI model robots need, scores 87% on ERQA
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-16
Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, positioned as a single AI model for robotics. It can control robots, generate simulations from photos or sketches, and evaluate training videos, scoring 87% on Google's own ERQA benchmark. However, the published example prompts show the demos still require substantial human guidance.
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