Google DeepMind announces Gemini Robotics 2 / ER 2
Gemini Robotics 2 / ER 2 — whole-body control, a 22-DoF hand, 89.6% on insertion tasks
Why it matters
The core VLA model is early-access only, while ER 2 is released through AI Studio
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