Mercedes-Benz

Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2.5, its most capable vision-language-action (VLA) model to date, expanding both the breadth of skills robots can learn and the speed at which they acquire them. The release boosts dexterity, reliability and safety so robots can move beyond the lab into unstructured real-world environments, aided by Gemini 4 Argon and partners including Agile, Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes CTO Jörg Burzer publicly conceded that its Level 3 Drive Pilot launched too early, with limited operational domain and usability that trails some Level 2 systems. The facelifted S-Class drops Drive Pilot, and Mercedes will skip further L3 iterations to concentrate on Level 2 assistance and Level 4 autonomy.