Google DeepMind and robotics company Apptronik are working together to develop new AI-driven humanoid robots, aiming to break through the bottleneck of robotics technology and enable them to operate efficiently in dynamic and complex environments. This move marks a new stage of deep integration of artificial intelligence and robotics technology, and heralds huge potential for future robotic application scenarios. The two parties will integrate their respective strengths, with Apptronik providing advanced robot hardware and DeepMind providing powerful AI algorithms and control systems to jointly create smarter and more flexible robots.
Recently, Google DeepMind and robotics company Apptronik announced a collaboration to jointly develop AI-driven humanoid robots that can operate in dynamic environments.
The collaboration aims to combine Apptronik’s robotic hardware with Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence technology to create robots that can work in complex environments. Apptronik was founded in 2016 out of the Human-Machine Center Robotics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. It has developed 15 different models of robots, including NASA's Valkyrie robot.
The focus of this cooperation is Apptronik's latest Apollo robot, which is 1.73 meters tall and weighs 73 kilograms. It is designed for industrial environments and can work collaboratively with humans. In a recent DeepMind demonstration, the Apollo robot operated under the control of Gemini2.0, demonstrating its ability to work in complex environments.
Google DeepMind's robotics team has extensive expertise in areas such as machine learning, engineering, and physical simulation. The team recently demonstrated how its AI model can help robots navigate complex environments. When using the Gemini1.5Pro model, the success rate of navigation tasks is as high as 90%.
A highlight of the system is its ability to learn from simple smartphone videos, recognize small objects like coasters, and understand abstract concepts, such as being able to pinpoint an area of a whiteboard suitable for drawing when asked to find it.
In addition to its work with Google DeepMind, Apptronik currently has partnerships with companies such as GXO and Mercedes-Benz, and plans to continue to expand more cooperation next year. With the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence technology, the development prospects of humanoid robots are exciting.
Highlights:
Google DeepMind collaborates with Apptronik to develop AI-powered humanoid robots that can operate in dynamic environments.
Apptronik's latest Apollo robot is designed for use in industrial environments and is capable of collaborating with humans.
Google DeepMind's AI model helps robots navigate efficiently, with a success rate of up to 90%.
This cooperation perfectly combines artificial intelligence technology with advanced robot hardware, showing the future development direction of intelligent robots. It indicates that AI and robotics technology will further integrate and bring revolutionary changes to all walks of life. It is worth waiting and watching.