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Google / Gemini Robotics

Gemini Robotics ER 1.6

Embodied reasoning for robot perception, spatial understanding and task orchestration.

deprecatedClosed weightsRoboticsReasoningAgents
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 Oct 2026
23 of 28 specification fields collected
Input token limit131.1K131,072 tokens
Maximum output65.5K65,536 tokens
Input billingNot collectedGoogle Gemini API
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Input token limit
131,072 tokensSource for Input token limit (opens in a new tab)

Provider input-token limit.

Input modalities
Text, Image, Video, AudioSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)

Text, images, video, audio

Tool calling
SupportedSource for Tool calling (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Structured output
SupportedSource for Structured output (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
SupportedSource for Batch processing (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Fine-tuning
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
Not collected
Audio generation
Not supportedSource for Audio generation (opens in a new tab)

Not supported

Context caching
SupportedSource for Context caching (opens in a new tab)

Documented on at least one recorded endpoint. See Caching for host, lifecycle and billing restrictions.

Code execution
SupportedSource for Code execution (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Computer use
SupportedSource for Computer use (opens in a new tab)

Supported

File search
SupportedSource for File search (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Google Maps grounding
SupportedSource for Google Maps grounding (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Image generation
Not supportedSource for Image generation (opens in a new tab)

Not supported

Live API
Not supportedSource for Live API (opens in a new tab)

Not supported

Search grounding
SupportedSource for Search grounding (opens in a new tab)

Supported

URL context
SupportedSource for URL context (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Flex inference
SupportedSource for Flex inference (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Priority inference
SupportedSource for Priority inference (opens in a new tab)

Supported

Model card updated
December 2025Source for Model card updated (opens in a new tab)

Card update month, not a release date.

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview
Access
Google AI Studio / Gemini API account; region, tier and quota restrictions apply.
Regions
See Google supported-region and account requirements; region-specific availability not yet collected.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Google Gemini API

gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview
Documented

Documented on at least one recorded endpoint. See Caching for host, lifecycle and billing restrictions.

Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Implicit caching; explicit cache objects on eligible GenerateContent calls.Source for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Explicit objects default to 1 hour; set ttl or expire_time, update or delete the object. The implicit cache lifetime is not specified in this guide.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Interactions supports implicit caching only. For explicit caching, create a cache with the GenerateContent API and pass its name as cached_content.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Interactions: usage.total_cached_tokens. GenerateContent: usage_metadata reports cached tokens.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Reads use the cached-input rate. Explicit cache storage is billed per million tokens per hour, in addition to generation. Free-tier eligibility and audio rates vary by model.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
Cached content is a prompt prefix and counts toward the input limit. Implicit hits are not guaranteed. Explicit caching uses GenerateContent v1beta; API and model eligibility must match.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 12 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Google-documented proprietary hosted release in the Gemini API model catalog. No public weights identified for this release in the reviewed documentation; public-weight Gemma models are excluded.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Gemini API release14 Apr 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Earliest possible Gemini API shutdown31 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Deprecated per robotics guide31 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed