TechCrunch Industry News Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind; plus, Ultrahuman ramps up U.S. push with Ring Pro
Mar 25, 2026
A robotics company will integrate DeepMind's Gemini robotics models and share robot-collected data for testing and deployment across factories, auto plants, data centers and logistics. The conversation covers how hardware–software partnerships are accelerating physical AI and scaling autonomous robots. Also covered is a smart-ring maker’s renewed push into the U.S. market after resolving import issues.
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Agile Robots Integrates Gemini For Industrial Autonomy
- Agile Robots will integrate Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics Foundation models into production bots to enable autonomous, intelligent systems.
- The partnership includes robots feeding data back to DeepMind and targets industries like electronics, automotive, data centers, and logistics.
Robotics Growth Fueled By Cross Company Partnerships
- Hardware and software specialists are increasingly partnering to build autonomous robots because robots require deep expertise across many domains.
- Examples include Boston Dynamics and NeuroRobotics teaming with DeepMind and Qualcomm to combine dexterity, compute, and models.
U.S. Dominates Smart Ring Demand
- The U.S. market drives around 60% of global smart ring demand, making it critical for wearable makers' revenue and market share.
- IDC data: ~2.6 million U.S. units sold of 4.4M global total, and U.S. growth was 59% year-over-year.