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Google DeepMind Robotics
United Kingdom
Heir to RT-2 and RT-X, the team runs partnerships with Boston Dynamics, Apptronik and Agile Robots, and coordinates a 2026 EMEA robotics accelerator program.
AffiliationGoogle DeepMind (Alphabet)
CountryGB
TypeCorporate
Research areasVLA, embodied reasoning, cross-embodiment, manipulation, sim2real
Flagship contributionShips Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, vision-language-action models that reason before acting and transfer across different robot embodiments.
Key peopleCarolina Parada (Senior Director, Head of Robotics), Aaron Saunders (ex-CTO Boston Dynamics, recruté en 2025)
Open outputsPas de poids ouverts pour Gemini Robotics/Robotics-ER (accès waitlist et SDK) ; contribution historique à l'initiative ouverte Open X-Embodiment / RT-X (dataset collaboratif multi-labos, 2023).
CityLondres
Sources : Google DeepMind (2026-04)Boston Dynamics (2025-02)CNBC (2026-03-24)
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