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Robotics · RESEARCHRobots Spend 97% of Their Time Waiting for Foundation Models: Galaxea's Hang Zhao on Solving Real-Time Constraints at CoRL 2026
At the CoRL 2026 Conference on Robot Learning in Austin, Texas, on November 9, Hang Zhao, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University and Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Galaxea, delivered the first early-career keynote titled "Organizing Physical AI Across Timescales".
Robotics · ROBOTICSGoogle Releases Gemini Robotics 2.5 as Apollo 2 Achieves 96% Sorting Success in Mercedes-Benz Pilot
On November 10, DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2.5, an updated vision-language-action model, following a pilot deployment where the Apollo 2 humanoid robot achieved a 96% sorting success rate on Mercedes-Benz production lines.
Robotics · ROBOTICSNVIDIA Unveils GR00T 2 as Jim Fan Questions the Need for In-House Robot Foundation Models
Speaking at CoRL 2026, NVIDIA GEAR team leader Jim Fan introduced the GR00T 2 world-action model and a modular architecture, signaling a shift toward externally sourced and adaptable intelligence for robotics companies.
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