Top stories in robotics today: – Google DeepMind’s on-device robot AI
– Apptronik’s ‘superhuman’ robotics spin-off
– MIT fast-tracks robot design with generative AI – Eco-friendly bots made from rice paper
– Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
robotnews.therundown.ai/p/google-deepm
inds-onboard-robot-brain
…
HARDWARE
-
Google DeepMind and robotics leaders advance AI-powered robot innovation
By
–
-
Executive Office Toy Physics and Mechanical Motion
By
–
> an executive office toy goes back and forth https://t.co/WQk3OiS2Sb pic.twitter.com/ZnoKWlXImr
— fofr (@fofrAI) 26 juin 2025> an executive office toy goes back and forth
-
Europe Builds Sovereign AI Infrastructure With Agents and Robotics
By
–
Discover how we're partnering with Europe to build a future powered by sovereign infrastructure, agentic AI, robotics, and exponential inference. Catch up on all the news unveiled at Jensen Huang's latest keynote at #GTCParis: https://
nvda.ws/4kSFfDr -
YOLOv8 Fruit Detection 4K on Orange Pi 5 Plus
By
–
4K Fruit Detection on Orange Pi 5 Plus with Metis M.2
Three YOLOv8 models. 4K camera input. One Metis M.2.
Now running on an Orange Pi 5 Plus. If you’re working with edge devices and need efficient, high-performance AI inference at a very appealing price point—this demo -
Google DeepMind Releases Gemini Robotics On-Device VLA Model
By
–
Google DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrationspic.twitter.com/FA3YdkMdGHGoogle DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrations
-
Google Announces Gemini Robotics On-Device System for Autonomous Operations
By
–
Building on more than 10 years of robotics research and engineering at @GoogleDeepMind, @GoogleResearch and @GoogleAI, we're delighted to announce our Gemini Robotics On-Device system. A really capable vision-language-action model that can run entirely without network access. ⬇️ https://t.co/EBso5EBigr
— Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) 25 juin 2025Building on more than 10 years of robotics research and engineering at @GoogleDeepMind
, @GoogleResearch and @GoogleAI
, we're delighted to announce our Gemini Robotics On-Device system. A really capable vision-language-action model that can run entirely without network access. -
Consumer Hardware Compatibility: Quad RTX 4090s PCIe Performance
By
–
Exciting! How well does this work on consumer hardware – e.g. quad 4090s with PCIe x16?
-
Tech Sector Rebounds: Semiconductors and AI Drive Market Growth
By
–
The TL Podcast for June 23rd: Tech runs merrily toward the tariff cliff Everything is going right with the major themes of tech, including the rebound in the semiconductor market that is propelling companies such as Indie Semiconductor, and the continued health of AI propelling
-
Lidar Cars and Tesla FSD Gap to Level 4 Autonomy
By
–
Lidar equipped cars can be mass produced for $30k. And Tesla FSD is still L2, needs 100-1000x higher city miles per critical disengagement to get to L4.
-
Google Introduces Gemini Robotics On-Device for Dexterous Manipulation
By
–
Today, we introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device 🤖
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 24 juin 2025
🧪 Designed for rapid experimentation with dexterous manipulation.
🦾 Adaptable to new tasks through fine-tuning to improve performance.
👟 Optimized to run locally with low-latency inference.
Learn more… https://t.co/h2d1TZ49qmToday, we introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device Designed for rapid experimentation with dexterous manipulation. Adaptable to new tasks through fine-tuning to improve performance. Optimized to run locally with low-latency inference. Learn more