Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind | TechCrunch

Agile Robots has landed a partnership with Google DeepMind to develop robots with the artificial intelligence research lab, the latest in a string of robotics company to do so. Munich, Germany-based Agile Robots announced it entered into a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind on Tuesday. The partnership involves Agile Robots implementing Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics foundation models into its bots and the data being collected by the robots being used to improve the underlying Gemini AI models. The companies will work together to test, fine tune, and deploy robots that use Gemini foundation models in industrial use cases across sectors including electronics manufacturing, automotive, data centers, and logistics. “Agile Robots has already installed over 20,000 robotics solutions worldwide, proving intelligent automation at scale,” Zhaopeng Chen, the co-founder and CEO of Agile Robots, said in the deal’s press release. “The huge opportunity ahead lies in autonomous, intelligent production systems that can transform entire industries. Integrating Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics models into our robotic solutions positions us at the cutting edge of this rapidly growing market.” A spokesperson said the deal was longterm but declined to share further details about duration or pricing. Agile Robots was founded in 2018 and has raised more than $270 million in venture capital funding from investors including the SoftBank Vision Fund, Chinese hardware company Xia...