Sprout: Google's Gemini-powered plant robot roams the office hunting sunlight

DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-10-31

Google employees built Sprout: a real Monstera on a TurtleBot 4 base with a Pixel phone face, powered by Gemini and built with Antigravity. It autonomously roams the office to find sunlight and check on fellow plants, using Gemini Live and Robotics ER 2.0 for vision, and pings humans when it needs help.

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