Apollo 2 Humanoids Hit 96% in Mercedes-Benz Sorting Proof of Concept

Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2.5 on November 10, 2026, reporting a 96% success rate when Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid robots sorted automotive parts in a proof-of-concept on active Mercedes-Benz production lines. Gemini Robotics 2.5 is a vision-language-action (VLA) model, which connects visual and language understanding to robot actions. DeepMind is rolling it out to robotics partners. The official model page describes control from tabletop arms to complete humanoid bodies...