Agile Robots has partnered with Google DeepMind to develop robots in its artificial intelligence lab. This is the latest in a string of robotics companies.
Munich, Germany-based Agile Robots announced Tuesday a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind. The partnership includes Agile Robots implementing Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics-based models into its bots and using the data the robots collect to improve the underlying Gemini AI model.
The two companies will work together to test, fine-tune and deploy robots using Gemini-based models in industrial use cases across multiple sectors, including electronic manufacturing, automotive, data centers and logistics.
“Agile Robots has already installed more than 20,000 robotic solutions globally, demonstrating intelligent automation at scale,” Zhaopeng Chen, co-founder and CEO of Agile Robots, said in a press release on the deal. “The enormous opportunity ahead lies in autonomous, intelligent production systems that can transform entire industries. Integrating Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics models into our robotics solutions puts us at the cutting edge of this rapidly growing market.”
A spokeswoman said the deal was long-term but declined to give details about terms or price.
Agile Robots was founded in 2018 and has raised more than $270 million in venture capital funding from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund, Chinese hardware company Xiaomi, and Midas Group.
It is the latest robotics hardware company to partner with Google DeepMind to advance its technology.
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Earlier this year, Boston Dynamics, the Hyundai Motor Company behind the famous dog-like robot Spot, announced that it would partner with Google DeepMind to use the company’s AI-based models to help develop its upcoming humanoid robot Atlas. Boston Dynamics was previously owned by Google from 2013 to 2017.
Overall, robotics partnerships are on the rise this year. German robotics startup Neura Robotics announced a partnership with Qualcomm in early March. Neura Robotics uses Qualcomm’s recently announced IQ10 processor series designed for mobile robots and humanoids as a reference design for future robots.
Robots are incredibly complex, both in terms of hardware and software, so this partnership makes a lot of sense. As companies work to develop bots that can operate autonomously, it makes sense for companies with specific strengths – hardware, agility, software – to collaborate with others with different expertise.
With many in the industry, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, seeing physical AI as the next frontier in the AI market, these partnerships are likely to not only continue but accelerate.
