Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6
Notable release: A meaningful new model: a new size or version, or a strong free-to-download model from a known lab.
Key facts
- Released
- Apr 14, 2026
- What it does
- Text and chat: Writes, answers questions and holds a conversation.Sees images: Understands pictures, screenshots and charts you share with it.Robotics: Helps robots see the world and plan their movements.
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- How
- For developers, through an API
- Announced as
- “Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering real-world robotics tasks through enhanced embodied reasoning”
From trckr's archive of releases before it started watching. Date and details from Epoch AI's database of AI models (CC BY 4.0).
Compare Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 with
It came out 12 days after Gemma 4 31B IT, the lab's previous model.
The details
Model ID: The exact name developers type to use a model, like gpt-5-mini. New IDs often show up in a lab's systems before the official announcement, which is how trckr spots many releases early.
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