CoRL 2026: labs use Gemini + Nano Banana to turn robot demos into training data
DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-11-10
Dynamic Web Paige curated a thread of CoRL 2026 papers showing robotics labs wiring Google DeepMind foundation models into control loops, sim engines and humanoids. One highlight: turning a single robot demo into new synthetic worlds by using Gemini 3.1 Pro to spot placement targets and Nano Banana to erase the robot arm and inpaint clean tabletops for 3D scene augmentation (Poster S1 #198).
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