Google team builds autonomous plant robot that texts you for water in ~2 weeks

DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-10-31

Google's DynamicWebPaige shows off "Sprout," an autonomous plant robot that texts you its location when thirsty. The team used Gemini Flash for reasoning, perception and voice out of the box, Antigravity to build the LiDAR/sensor software stack, and Nano Banana for industrial design sketches of the 3D-printed chassis—concept to working robot in 2 weeks. Next: porting to Gemma models.

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