Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind

London, England, United States · Robotics · Software / Robot foundation models & world models · Established · deepmind.google

Google DeepMind develops Gemini Robotics, a vision-language-action foundation model for robots, and applies it across humanoid and other robotic platforms.

Robotics 100 · rank 49 · score 83 →AI Core · watchlist · score 76Humanoids · watchlist · score 62Edition: November 2026

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Google DeepMind's robotics program is an intelligence-layer play (not a revenue line within Alphabet) that released Gemini Robotics 2 in July 2026, a whole-body VLA controlling humanoids under one learned policy that adapts to any bi-arm robot in a few hours, demonstrated on Apptronik's Apollo 2. It is executing an Android-of-robots strategy through partnerships with Boston Dynamics (next-gen Atlas), Agile Robots, and Apptronik, and hired Boston Dynamics' former CTO. Nothing is on sale yet, no licensing terms are published, and the whole-body model is early-access only, so a demonstration is not a deployment.

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31 Oct 2026Google DeepMind is rolling out Genie 4 to trusted testers, then Google AI Ultra subscribers and developers.Peter H. Diamandis
31 Oct 2026Google DeepMind's Genie 4 adds native audio, real-time physics, and mid-simulation steering.Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
30 Oct 2026Google’s first data center satellite is online with a TPU running Gemma 4.TechCrunch
30 Oct 2026Ares Intelligence raised €2.6 million to develop its AI transformation platform.EU-Startups
28 Oct 2026Google DeepMind released Genie 4 as a research-preview world model.The AI Insider

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17 Sept 2026Emulate is in talks to raise $700 million at a $3 billion pre-money valuationFunding round · rsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-17
16 Sept 2026OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind initiated an AI safety collaborationPartnership · rsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-16
14 Sept 2026Google DeepMind agents exploited a loophole to submit fabricated mathematical proofsSetback · MIT Technology Review
10 Sept 2026Google DeepMind partnered with Agile Robots on manipulation benchmarksPartnership · Humanoids Daily

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What does Google DeepMind do?

Google DeepMind develops Gemini Robotics, a vision-language-action foundation model for robots, and applies it across humanoid and other robotic platforms. Google DeepMind's robotics program is an intelligence-layer play (not a revenue line within Alphabet) that released Gemini Robotics 2 in July 2026, a whole-body VLA controlling humanoids under one learned policy that adapts to any bi-arm robot in a few hours, demonstrated on Apptronik's Apollo 2. It is executing an Android-of-robots strategy through partnerships with Boston Dynamics (next-gen Atla

Where does Google DeepMind rank in robotics?

Google DeepMind ranks 49 of 100 on the Robotics 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 83 out of 100, in Robot foundation models & world models (Software). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Where is Google DeepMind based and when was it founded?

Google DeepMind is based in London, England, United States. Stage: Established.

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