Google DeepMind tests Gemini 4 Argon on Apollo 2 humanoid in internal test
google deepmind’s robotics team used gemini 4 argon to watch a video of a human playing cornhole. the model built a virtual simulation in mujoCo and calculated the physics needed for apptronik’s apollo 2 humanoid to sink seven consecutive shots in the real world. this video‑to‑sim‑to‑real pipeline compresses weeks of manual modeling into a few hours, turning ordinary videos into an infinite…
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- google deepmind uses gemini 4 argon to build a virtual simulation of apollo 2 humanoid in mujoCo
- nasa’s perseverance rover has driven 28.10 miles, surpassing opportunity’s 28.06 miles
- microducks synchronize over bluetooth to compose songs on the fly
nasa’s perseverance rover has driven 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) on mars, surpassing opportunity’s 28.06 miles (45.16 kilometers). the record was set on the 2,006th martian day of its mission, covering five and a half years.
other highlights include microducks that sync over bluetooth to compose songs on the fly, and a kamino simulation software that accelerates physics for complex mechanical systems.
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Video Friday: When Two Robots Become One
IEEE Spectrum Robotics · 16 October 2026
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