Google DeepMind unveiled its new family of AI Gemini 2.0 models designed for multimodal robots. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said ...

Using the model, machines can perform some tasks — such as ‘slam-dunking’ a miniature basketball through a desktop hoop — despite never having watched another robot do the action ...

A series of video demonstrations showed robots equipped with the new technology ... such as folding origami models and figuring out how to “slam dunk” a basketball, without ever having seen ...

A series of video demonstrations showed robots equipped with the new technology carrying out real-world tasks like preparing a packed lunch, tying shoe laces and tidying up objects. The AI is also ...

Another robot, when asked to perform a dunk, pressed a small plastic ball through the hoop. “The team was really excited when we first saw the robot dunk the basketball,” Rao said.