News Summary

• Munich-based Agile Robots announced it entered into a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind on Tuesday.
• The companies will work together to test, fine-tune, and deploy robots that use Gemini foundation models in industrial use cases across sectors.
• A spokesperson said the deal was long term but declined to share further details about duration or pricing.Broadly, robotic partnerships are on the rise this year.
• As companies work to develop bots that can operate autonomously, it makes sense for companies with a specific strong suit to partner with other companies that have a different expertise.