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Gemini Robotics 2.5: Google's Humanoids Hit 96% on a Real Mercedes-Benz Line

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Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics 2.5, its most capable vision-language-action (VLA) model so far — the kind of AI that watches, understands an instruction, and moves a robot's body. The headline proof is not a lab video: Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoids running the model worked on active…

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  1. 2026-11-11 16:44 · DEV Community — AI
    Google Gemini Robotics 2.5 hits 96% in Mercedes-Benz pilot. DeepMind calls the last 4% steep.
  2. 2026-11-11 14:11 · DEV Community — AI
    Gemini Robotics 2.5: Google's Humanoids Hit 96% on a Real Mercedes-Benz Line

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