What happened
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2.5, a vision-language-action model for robot control, and tested it with Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz on active production lines in Hungary and Germany. The Apollo 2 humanoid robot sorted metal parts into trays for vehicle assembly, with Google DeepMind reporting a 96 percent success rate in the pilot. The company says the model is rolling out to Agile, Apptronik, and Mercedes-Benz.
Why it matters
The article connects reported results from a production-line pilot with benchmark comparisons and rollout details, giving readers several concrete measures of how the model is being evaluated and deployed.