Overview
AI research lab and subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in London with major presence in Mountain View, California. The robotics team, led by Senior Director Carolina Parada, develops the Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER (extended reasoning) foundation models, designed to bring multimodal AI into physical robots across multiple hardware platforms.
Announced as a 'brain' partner for several leading humanoid and general-purpose robotics companies: Apptronik (December 2024 partnership, and Google was a lead investor in Apptronik's $403M Series A in March 2025); Boston Dynamics (January 2026 partnership announced at CES, integrating Gemini Robotics with the new electric Atlas humanoid, with all 2026 Atlas production committed to Hyundai and DeepMind, and commercial deployment at Hyundai Metaplant America in Savannah, Georgia planned for 2028); Agile Robots (March 2026 partnership integrating Gemini Robotics with their hardware); and Spot (April 2026, Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 deployed on Boston Dynamics' quadruped for inspection tasks). DeepMind's robotics work positions it as one of a small number of frontier 'brain' suppliers to the physical-AI ecosystem, alongside Physical intelligence, Skild AI, and NVIDIA.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
HQ
Parent
Robotics role
Positioning
wikipedia
wikidata
Data & sources
Press releases
5
News coverage
1
Research
2
Web sources
5
13 sources backing this record.View all →
Partnerships
Every company Google DeepMind has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Agile Robots1× joint4 total
- 2Apptronik1× joint17 total
- 3Boston Dynamics1× joint23 total
- 4Hyundai Motor Group1× joint6 total
- 5NVIDIA1× joint1108 total
Most recent
- with Hyundai Motor Groupoperating
- with Agile Robotsoperating
- with Apptronikoperating
Robots powered by Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind’s brains run inside 2 registry-tracked models across 2 makers, with 9 verified deployments on the map.
Brains
- Atlas-Geminifoundation model1
- Gemini Roboticsfoundation model1
- Gemini Robotics 2foundation model0
- Genie 3world model0
- OpenVLAresearch model0
- RT-2 / RT-Xresearch model0
- RT-X / Open X-Embodimentresearch model0
Makers running these brains
Powered models
- 6 deployments
- 3 deployments
Verified deployments
- Atlasat Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA · Southeast2026-07-14
- Apolloat Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) · Western Europe2026-03-01
- Atlasat Mountain View · West Coast2026-01-05
- Atlasat Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah) · Maine2026-01-01
- Apolloat Jabil Manufacturing Facility (US) · Massachusetts2025-02-01
- 2025-01-01
- Apolloat Charité Berlin · Western Europe2025-01-01
- 2024-06-20
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Google DeepMind, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
Why are frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta) entering robotics in 2025-2026?
What is a foundation model for robotics?
What is Skild AI and the Skild Brain foundation model?
Which companies build foundation models for robotics, and how do they compare?
What's the difference between robotics brain providers and robot makers?
Current leadership (2)
- Demis Hassabis Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Anca Dragan VP of Research, Google DeepMindsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Demis Hassabiscofounderfounded 2010-01-01
- Vincent Vanhouckecofounderno longer at company
previously at Waymo
Former / Previously (11)
- Chelsea Finn Research (Google Brain)secondary-verified
- Brian Ichter Research Scientistsecondary-verified
- Corey Lynch Research Scientist (Google Brain)secondary-verified
- Eric Jang Research Scientist (Google Brain)secondary-verified
- Karol Hausman Senior Research Scientist (Google Brain)secondary-verified
- Jason Ma Research Scientistsecondary-verified
- Pierre Sermanet Founding Member, Robotics Teamsecondary-verified
- Tuomas Haarnoja Research Scientistsecondary-verified
- Vincent Vanhoucke Founder, Robotics Researchsecondary-verified
- Quan Vuong Software Engineersecondary-verified
- Sergey Levine Research Scientist (Google Brain)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Google DeepMind.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Brains developed (7)
- Atlas-Geminifoundation-model · pilot
- Gemini Roboticsfoundation-model · research
- OpenVLAresearch-model · research · open
- RT-2 / RT-Xresearch-model · research
- Genie 3world-model · research
- RT-X / Open X-Embodimentresearch-model · research · open
- Gemini Robotics 2foundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Google DeepMind in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Google DeepMind has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Hyundai Motor Groupoperating
- with Agile Robotsoperating
- with Apptronikoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Agile Robots1× joint4 total
- 2Apptronik1× joint17 total
- 3Boston Dynamics1× joint23 total
- 4Hyundai Motor Group1× joint6 total
- 5NVIDIA1× joint1108 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology2026-01-07operating
- technology2026-01-01operating
- technology2025-03-12operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Google DeepMind’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Apptronik
2026-08-23Supply: Gemini Robotics AI for Apollo to Apptronik
New supplierNew supplier: Brain Corp
2026-08-22Supply: component from Brain Corp
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-22Supply: component from NVIDIA
New supplierNew supplier: Skild AI
2026-08-22Supply: component from Skild AI
New supplierNew supplier: Physical Intelligence
2026-08-22Supply: component from Physical Intelligence
PartnershipHyundai Motor Group x NVIDIA x Boston Dynamics x Google DeepMind (Atlas AI)
2026-01-07Hyundai Motor Group announced its AI robotics strategy at CES 2026, partnering with NVIDIA on AI infrastructure and simulation, integrating Boston Dynamics Atlas robots with Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics foundation models. All 2026 Atlas units are committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind as R&D partners. Factory deployment at Hyundai's Georgia Metaplant expected by 2028.
PartnershipAgile Robots x Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics)
2026-01-01Agile Robots partnered with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini Robotics foundation models to its robots, giving its hardware advanced reasoning and decision-making capabilities while using data from real-world deployments to continuously improve the models.
PartnershipApptronik x Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics)
2025-03-12Apptronik partnered with Google DeepMind to build its Apollo humanoid on the Gemini Robotics models (an exclusive humanoid partnership announced 2025).
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Gemini Robotics: Bringing AI to the physical world
- Record createdMay 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (13)
- Boston Dynamics & Google DeepMind Form New AI Partnership to Bring Foundational Intelligence to Humanoid Robots · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership/ · 2026-01-05
- Google partners with Agile Robots, growing its AI robotics footprint · https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/google-agile-robots-ai-robotics.html · 2026-03-24
- Apptronik Partners with Google DeepMind Robotics to Accelerate Advancement on AI-powered Humanoid Robots · https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.elp/article/gnwcq-2024-12-19-apptronik-partners-with-google-deepmind-robotics-to-accelerate-advancement-on-ai-powered-humanoid-robots · 2024-12-19
- Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics are bringing Gemini-powered robots to the factory floor · https://www.techspot.com/news/110833-google-deepmind-boston-dynamics-bringing-gemini-powered-robots.html · 2026-01-08
- https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-brings-ai-into-the-physical-world/
- https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-15-brings-ai-agents-into-the-physical-world/
- https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-on-device-brings-ai-to-local-robotic-devices/
- https://deepmind.google/blog/rt-2-new-model-translates-vision-and-language-into-action/
- https://deepmind.google/blog/scaling-up-learning-across-many-different-robot-types/
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20020
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08864
- https://robotics-transformer-x.github.io/
- https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/how-we-built-gemini-robotics/
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 13 sources (5 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Google DeepMind.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Google DeepMind from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Google: Leadership Changes As Demis Hassabis Becomes DeepMind Chair And Alphabet Chief Scientist
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Reimagine Robotics Goes Public With Robots That Learn on the Job
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Video
Our Gemini Robotics model brings Gemini 2.0 to the physical world. It's our most advanced vision language action model, enabling robots that are interactive, de
For decades, we’ve dreamed of robots that can seamlessly step into our world and lend a hand. Now, that vision takes a significant stride forward. Most robots
The world is built for human movements; it requires us to reach, bend, and balance in tight, cluttered spaces. While our previous models controlled the humanoid
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Analysis
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Last computed: Aug 26, 2026