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CASE 35 / General capabilities

Gemini Robotics: coordinating whole-body movement

An official whole-body demonstration shows a robot carrying a container while moving, linking instruction understanding with execution.

Google DeepMind · Gemini Robotics2026
Frame from Google DeepMind’s official whole-body control recording: carrying a container while moving.
Frame from Google DeepMind’s official whole-body control recording: carrying a container while moving.Google DeepMind

Watch the video

Whole-body control clip from the official model page, played as published. · Google DeepMind · 1080p source video

01 / STUDY

Mechanism and experiments

Gemini Robotics uses a vision-language-action model to turn observations and instructions into robot actions. Its whole-body video shows container carrying and movement, alongside separate dexterity and multi-robot demonstrations. Gemini Robotics ER focuses on spatial reasoning and multi-step planning, with execution connected to a robot control system.

02 / CONTEXT

Test conditions and scope

Model demonstrations, ER API access and downloadable weights are different levels of disclosure. The official page supplies model descriptions, recordings and access routes; weights absent from that page are not labelled open source. The demonstrated task is distinct from constrained-space servicing.

03 / SOURCE

Papers and primary sources

Gemini Robotics · Whole-body control demonstration
Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind · official model page · checked 3 October 2026

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