Signals / September 2026

What is moving the field?

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July 30, 2026 · Google DeepMind

Gemini Robotics 2 targets whole-body intelligence

Google DeepMind announced Gemini Robotics 2 as a VLA system aimed at robots of different shapes and sizes, with capabilities described around whole-body control, dexterity and multi-robot collaboration.

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April 14, 2026 · Google DeepMind

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 focuses on embodied reasoning

Google DeepMind introduced an updated reasoning-first robotics model focused on spatial understanding, multi-view reasoning and real-world planning.

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December 15, 2025 · NVIDIA Research

GR00T N1.6 advances a generalist humanoid model

NVIDIA Research described N1.6 as an improved GR00T model, reporting gains over N1.5 on simulated manipulation benchmarks and real bimanual robot evaluations.

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