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Google DeepMind partners with Agile Robots to deploy foundation models on humanoid platform
Ep. 8 07:45

Google DeepMind partners with Agile Robots to deploy foundation models on humanoid platform

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About This Episode

Google DeepMind has partnered with Agile Robots to integrate its foundation models into Agile's humanoid robot platform, leveraging Google Gemini models and Google Cloud capabilities. This move accelerates the commercialization of embodied AI and intensifies the competitive robotics race. The partnership will be showcased at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston, highlighting the convergence of AI and robotics.

Our Take

When AI that thinks meets robots that act: Google and Agile's partnership signals the moment the labor cliff becomes inevitable, as foundation models finally unlock the robotics commercialization that makes 1.17 million job cuts look like just the beginning.