DeepMind tests Gemini Robotics 2.5 on Mercedes lines

On Nov. 10, 2026 Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2.5, a vision-language-action model it is rolling out to robotics partners. In a proof of concept, Apptronik's Apollo 2 sorted metal brackets on Mercedes-Benz lines in Kecskemét, Hungary, and Sindelfingen, Germany, and DeepMind reported a 96 percent success rate without defining the denominator. DeepMind also says lab tasks succeeded 30 to 100 percent more often than its previous baseline and finished 20 to 30 percent faster.