Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics 2.5: 96% Success Rate on Mercedes-Benz Production Lines
jackyliang42 · x · 2026-11-11
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2.5, its most capable vision-language-action model to date, tested across 200+ distinct tasks. Key claims:
- Dexterity: The same model drives two-finger grippers and five-fingered hands on tasks like tying bows, serving pastries with tongs, and extracting disk drives; charts show many tasks jumping from 0% (Robotics 2) to 40-100% success.
- Reliability: In a real-world proof-of-concept on Mercedes-Benz production lines, Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoid picked and packed automotive parts with a 96% success rate.
- Safety: Improved physical safety steerability plus a new benchmark for robotics-specific adversarial jailbreaks.
The team credits Gemini 4 Argon for accelerating the robotics research. The model is rolling out to partners.
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