Google Debuts AI Model for Robotics, Challenging Meta, OpenAI

Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence lab is debuting two new models focused on robotics, which will help developers train robots to respond to unfamiliar scenarios — a longstanding challenge in the field.

Research unit Google DeepMind will release Gemini Robotics, a new branch of its flagship AI model aimed at developing robots that are more dexterous and interactive, it said Tuesday. Another model, Gemini Robotics-ER, specializes in spatial understanding, and will help robot makers build new programs using Gemini’s reasoning capabilities.