Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 controls a humanoid robot from feet to fingertips

Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body

Gemini Robotics 2 is a vision-language-action model that outputs full-body joint commands, not just single-arm control. In a demo, Apptronik's Apollo 2 robot picks a baseball glove off a shelf, coordinating fingers to feet. Google says it used 1,040 preference samples for alignment to make motions more natural. It's lab-only for now; the post doesn't disclose a commercial timeline or pricing.

Why it matters: Google DeepMind extends robot control from single-arm to whole-body coordination, with a real Apptronik Apollo 2 demo and a concrete 1,040 preference-sample alignment figure. Not p1 because it's still lab-bound with no open testing or deployment timeline, so real-world general...