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Gemini Robotics 2.5 launches with enhanced everyday skills

Gemini Robotics 2.5 launches with enhanced everyday skills

Summary

Google DeepMind has unveiled Gemini Robotics 2.5, its latest vision-language-action model designed to teach robots hundreds of tasks more quickly and broadly. Announced on November 10, 2026, the model focuses on advanced tool use and delicate handling, showing improved success rates (30% to 100%) and speed (20% to 30% faster) compared to earlier versions. A proof-of-concept deployment on a Mercedes-Benz production line using Apptronik's Apollo 2 robot achieved a 96% success rate in sorting automotive parts. The release also includes safety upgrades for operator control and resistance to adversarial manipulation.

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What the source reports

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Reported numbers

  • Reported success rate

    96%

    Reported trials

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    st run The most concrete result came from a factory floor rather than a lab. Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid robot ran a proof-of-concept on a Mercedes-Benz production line. Apollo 2 handled sorting and packing car components. It hit a 96% success rate during that trial. The model is rolling out to partners in the robotics industry. The company is presenting Gemini Robotics 2.5 as a versatile dexterity layer that can w
    Open source S5
  • Reported success rate

    30%

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    t, the company evaluated the model on 200 distinct tasks. Those tests emphasized advanced tool use and delicate handling, the kind of work where a clumsy grip ruins the outcome. The performance numbers are the part that stands out. Compared with earlier models, success rates improved by 30% to 100% across various tasks. Speed moved too. Task completion ran 20% to 30% faster than prior iterations. The Mercedes-Benz te
    Open source S4
  • Reported success rate

    20%

    View original evidence
    t, the company evaluated the model on 200 distinct tasks. Those tests emphasized advanced tool use and delicate handling, the kind of work where a clumsy grip ruins the outcome. The performance numbers are the part that stands out. Compared with earlier models, success rates improved by 30% to 100% across various tasks. Speed moved too. Task completion ran 20% to 30% faster than prior iterations. The Mercedes-Benz te
    Open source S4
  • task count

    200

    Reported trials

    View original evidence
    t, the company evaluated the model on 200 distinct tasks. Those tests emphasized advanced tool use and delicate handling, the kind of work where a clumsy grip ruins the outcome. The performance numbers are the part that stands out. Compared with earlier models, success rates improved by 30% to 100% across various tasks. Speed moved too. Task completion ran 20% to 30% faster than prior iterations. The Mercedes-Benz te
    Open source S4
  • Reported success rate

    100%

    View original evidence
    t, the company evaluated the model on 200 distinct tasks. Those tests emphasized advanced tool use and delicate handling, the kind of work where a clumsy grip ruins the outcome. The performance numbers are the part that stands out. Compared with earlier models, success rates improved by 30% to 100% across various tasks. Speed moved too. Task completion ran 20% to 30% faster than prior iterations. The Mercedes-Benz te
    Open source S4
  • robot model version

    2.5

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    Gemini Robotics 2.5 launches with enhanced everyday skills
    Open source S1
  • release date

    2,026

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    , from folding laundry to sorting automotive parts. What Gemini Robotics 2.5 actually does Google DeepMind announced the model on November 10, 2026. It is a vision-language-action model, or VLA, which is the category the company is pushing hard. The headline goal of this release is twofold. Google DeepMind wants robots to learn a wider range of tasks, and it wants them to pick those tasks up more quickly. To test tha
    Open source S3
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What remains unknown

Not established in the collected evidence: Environment, Control, Data origin.

Reported performance applies to the described task. It does not establish general autonomy or deployment readiness.

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st run The most concrete result came from a factory floor rather than a lab. Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid robot ran a proof-of-concept on a Mercedes-Benz production line. Apollo 2 handled sorting and packing car components. It hit a 96% success rate during that trial. The model is rolling out to partners in the robotics industry. The company is presenting Gemini Robotics 2.5 as a versatile dexterity layer that can w

Open source S5

t, the company evaluated the model on 200 distinct tasks. Those tests emphasized advanced tool use and delicate handling, the kind of work where a clumsy grip ruins the outcome. The performance numbers are the part that stands out. Compared with earlier models, success rates improved by 30% to 100% across various tasks. Speed moved too. Task completion ran 20% to 30% faster than prior iterations. The Mercedes-Benz te

Open source S4

Gemini Robotics 2.5 launches with enhanced everyday skills

Open source S1

, from folding laundry to sorting automotive parts. What Gemini Robotics 2.5 actually does Google DeepMind announced the model on November 10, 2026. It is a vision-language-action model, or VLA, which is the category the company is pushing hard. The headline goal of this release is twofold. Google DeepMind wants robots to learn a wider range of tasks, and it wants them to pick those tasks up more quickly. To test tha

Open source S3

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