Google DeepMind is l aunching two new AI models designed to help robots “perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before.” The first, called Gemini Robotics, is a vision-language-action model capable of understanding new situations, even if it hasn’t been trained on them.

Unlike traditional generative AI that produces text and images, these new models focus on translating AI capabilities into physical action commands that control robots. This represents a significant evolution in how AI can interact with and manipulate the physical environment around us.