Gemini is a robotics outlier: dropping it lifts capability-robotics correlation from 0.20 to 0.96
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-16
Robocurve and drewtnguyen built a small Robot Capabilities Index (R-CI) from bimanual RoboDojo-RC Tier 1 arm tasks (Stack Bowls, Cap Pen, etc.) and compared it against Epoch's general-capabilities index (E-CI).
- Across 9 models the correlation is just 0.20; removing Gemini models pushes it to 0.96, meaning general capability normally predicts robot capability well.
- Gemini 4 Argon is a major outlier, far better at robotics than its general capability predicts, and Gemini 3.7/3.8 Flash also run ahead.
- The finding suggests the Gemini line has robotics-specific strengths ahead of the general scaling trend.
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