Google launches Gemini Robotics 2.5, tested on parts sorting at Mercedes-Benz

On November 10, 2026, Google DeepMind announced Gemini Robotics 2.5 and released the results of a metal bracket sorting trial at Mercedes-Benz. The company reports a 96% success rate for the Apollo 2 robot during the proof of concept, conducted on active production lines in Kecskemét, Hungary, and Sindelfingen, Germany.

Apollo 2, a humanoid robot designed by Apptronik, picks up brackets from bins and arranges them in the order required for the vehicles on the line. The sorting process thus prepares the parts that feed into production.

Two models operate at different levels. Gemini Robotics ER tracks the progress of the task, while Gemini Robotics 2.5 controls Apollo 2’s arms and hands. The first therefore handles tracking the work, while the second directs the movements needed to pick up and arrange the parts.

This division of responsibilities sheds light on what the automotive trial measures. The reported result concerns a specific sorting task performed on active production lines, with one model responsible for tracking and another for physical control. It is not enough to establish the same success rate for other tasks.

In separate internal evaluations, Google reports success rates 30 to 100% higher depending on the task and a 20 to 30% increase in speed compared with its previous benchmarks. These gains concern Google’s evaluations and do not measure an improvement achieved at Mercedes-Benz.