Sort waste using local recycling rules
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 looks up local recycling rules online, then plans and sorts objects into compost, recycling and trash bins.
What they did
The post frames this as a use case for the model acting as a robot's high-level reasoning layer. It would use Google Search to find local recycling guidelines, identify the objects in view, and plan the sort. It would then call a vision-language-action model or user-defined functions to move items. The shown demo prompts it to explain the sort and point to each object.
How it went
The post shows only a rendered animation of a spatially grounded sorting plan, with text interleaved with points. It gives no success rates for end-to-end sorting. The model is in preview.
Worth knowing
Model-level safety filters don't replace real robot safety engineering. The post says developers still need emergency stops, collision avoidance and risk assessments.
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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 looks up local recycling rules online, then plans and sorts objects into compost, recycling and trash bins.
It would use Google Search to find local recycling guidelines, identify the objects in view, and plan the sort. It would then call a vision-language-action model or user-defined functions to move items.
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- Gemini
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- undated
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- In registry since
- Oct 12, 2026