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Google partners with Agile Robots, growing its AI robotics footprint
Google's DeepMind division has been partnering with more robotics companies in recent months.
TL;DR
- Google DeepMind is partnering with Agile Robots to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models with Agile Robots' hardware.
- The partnership aims to improve robot performance by leveraging real-world deployment data, model training, and iteration.
- Google sees robotics as a major use case for AI and is actively forming partnerships in the sector.
- Agile Robots, based in Munich, has over 20,000 deployed robotic systems globally and will focus on high-value industrial use cases like manufacturing.
- This collaboration follows Google's recent AI robotics initiatives, including partnerships with Apptronik, Boston Dynamics, and the strategic move of Intrinsic.
- Google has also been hiring key talent in the robotics field, such as Aaron Saunders, former CTO of Boston Dynamics.
- The tech industry, in general, is increasingly focusing on robotics as a key application for AI, as seen with companies like Bedrock Robotics raising significant funding.