{"id":125967,"date":"2026-07-31T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/125967\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:37:08","slug":"robot-videos-gemini-2-ai-robot-robot-dogs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/125967\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Videos: Gemini 2 AI Robot, Robot Dogs, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/video-friday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Video Friday<\/a> is your weekly selection of awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/topic\/robotics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">robotics<\/a> videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/mailto:automaton@ieee.org?subject=Robotics%20event%20suggestion%20for%20Video%20Friday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">send us your events<\/a> for inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actuate.foxglove.dev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Actuate 2026<\/a>: 18\u201319 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCO<a href=\"https:\/\/2026.ieee-iros.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IROS 2026<\/a>: 27 September\u20131 October 2026, PITTSBURGH<a href=\"https:\/\/humanoidssummit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Humanoids Summit Seoul<\/a>: 22\u201323 September 2026, SEOUL<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy today\u2019s videos!<\/p>\n<p>Introducing Gemini Robotics 2\u2014the intelligence layer powering the next generation of truly adaptable robots. As it takes its first literal steps, this major advance unlocks intelligent whole-body control, advanced dexterity, and multi-robot collaboration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/blog\/gemini-robotics-2-brings-whole-body-intelligence-to-robots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google DeepMind<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"vzwytn3fw1w\">THE ROADMAP! NOOOOO!<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilityrobotics.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agility<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"xha2tj_1c6q\">Videos like this always make me wonder how <a data-linked-post=\"2650279368\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/robot-with-liquid-metal-tendons-can-heal-itself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">repairable<\/a> these robots are. Very, I would hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitree.com\/As2-W\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unitree<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>Humans routinely communicate through abstractions of their bodies, including shadows, silhouettes, and reflections. Here, we present a robotic system capable of dynamic shadow expression using a 21-degree-of-freedom <a data-linked-post=\"2676840819\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/video-friday-robotic-hand-dexterity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dexterous hand<\/a> with compliant soft skin and a learned shadow self-model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/generalroboticslab.com\/shadow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">General Robotics Lab<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"n20cvjhmzh8\">Human to quadruped motion transfer is an odd concept but I\u2019m here for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/studios.disneyresearch.com\/2026\/07\/30\/two2four-generative-quadruped-puppeteering-from-human-motion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney Research<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>Meet Stretch 4.0\u2014The one-armed, three-wheeled robot that can navigate your home safely. Would you rather a humanoid robot or Stretch?<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/hello-robot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hello Robot<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"cjytikq4dum\">And now, this, for some reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pndbotics.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PNDbotics<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"k4wzqzblkry\">I\u2019m not sure we\u2019re allowed to be impressed if you resize a badminton court to accommodate your robot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phybot.tech\/en\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHYBOT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"rnrf8fc47qm\">Golden eagles care not for <a data-linked-post=\"2650273783\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/dutch-police-training-eagles-to-take-down-drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drones<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.team-blacksheep.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team BlackSheep<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>USC researchers work with <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/nasa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a> and others to train <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/robot-dogs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">robot dogs<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/planetary-exploration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">planetary exploration<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/mars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mars<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tag\/moon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moon<\/a> and beyond!<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radlab.us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Research in Applied Decisions: RAD Lab<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Cristina!<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"lzphwt2wwv8\"><a data-linked-post=\"2677005523\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/humanoid-robots-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WABOT-1<\/a> was arguably the birth of the humanoid robot in Japan. We\u2019ve come a long way, and it\u2019s good to be reminded where we started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp\/top\/index.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takanishi Lab<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p class=\"rm-anchors\" id=\"1eplnnhbqbs\">If only this video was at 1x instead of 5x we could have had 15 hours of Memo folding laundry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunday.ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Robotics<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>From Your Site Articles<\/p>\n<p>Related Articles Around the Web<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5044,2845,132,7543,62988,12679,7954,43709,43708],"class_list":["post-125967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-google","tag-deepmind","tag-drones","tag-google","tag-google-deepmind","tag-home-robots","tag-humanoid-robots","tag-quadruped-robots","tag-robot-videos","tag-video-friday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}