{"slug": "the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin", "title": "The Gemini AI model that allows humanoids to screw in light bulbs and tie bin bags", "summary": "Google DeepMind has unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, an AI model that can control entire humanoid robots, enabling them to perform tasks such as screwing in light bulbs and tying bin bags. The system combines a vision language model with two vision language action models, and the company describes it as a milestone toward physical artificial general intelligence. Carolina Parada, head of robotics at Google DeepMind, said: 'For the first time, our model can now control entire humanoid robots, translating intent into intelligent whole-body control.'", "body_md": "# The Gemini AI model that allows humanoids to screw in light bulbs and tie bin bags\n\n[Google](/topic/google)DeepMind has unveiled a version of Gemini that can control humanoid[robots](/topic/robots)for the first time.- The Gemini Robotics 2 system brings “intelligent whole-body control”, allowing humanoids to perform tasks autonomously, with a video showing robots screwing in light bulbs and typing up bin bags.\n- Gemini Robotics 2 combines a vision language model (VLM) with two vision language action (VLA) models, facilitating communication with humans and environmental understanding.\n[Google](/topic/google)DeepMind described its release as a “milestone” towards achieving physical AGI (artificial general intelligence), whereby robots have human-level abilities.- Carolina Parada, head of robotics at Google DeepMind, wrote in a blog post detailing the new\n[AI](/topic/ai)model: “For the first time, our model can now control entire humanoid robots, translating intent into intelligent whole-body control.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/gemini-robotics-2-humanoids-system-artificial-intelligence-b3025258.html", "published_at": "2026-07-31 10:33:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 10:36:33.350059+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "robotics", "ai-research", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google DeepMind", "Gemini Robotics 2", "Carolina Parada"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-gemini-ai-model-that-allows-humanoids-to-screw-in-light-bulbs-and-tie-bin.jsonld"}}