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Spot can now read gauges on its own, with Google's Gemini
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Boston Dynamics has built Google DeepMind's newest robotics model into Spot's inspection software, so the robot dog reads dials and finds spills without help.
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 on 14 April, a model that helps robots understand the space around them, plan tasks and check whether they've succeeded. Boston Dynamics has already built it into Spot.
The model runs in AIVI-Learning, part of Orbit, Boston Dynamics' software for inspection rounds. Enrolled customers got it from 8 April.
What Spot can do now
- Read complex gauges and sight glasses, a skill DeepMind developed with Boston Dynamics.
- Look for hazards such as debris or spills on its rounds.
- Reason through inspection tasks more reliably, leaving fewer results for people to check.
Developers can use the same model through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
