EVALUATING GEMINI ROBOTICS POLICIES IN A VEO WORLD SIMULATOR

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Google used its video generation model Veo to build a world simulator that predicts how robotics algorithms will perform in novel environments without physical testing. The system accurately ranked eight policy checkpoints and identified safety vulnerabilities—like a robot knocking over a laptop or grabbing a bottle too aggressively—through 1,600+ simulated rollouts that correlated strongly with real-world results.