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Why use Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview on Google AI Studio?
Google AI Studio offers Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.00/1M input tokens. Google AI Studio is a model prototyping environment and API access point for Gemini models, offering an inference playground for developers to test and build AI applications.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install google-genaiexport GOOGLE_API_KEY=...import os
from google import genai
client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(gemini-robotics-er-1.6-previewRequest example
import os
from google import genai
client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview",
contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)Gotchas
- Use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash", "gemini-1.5-pro", or "gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.00 |
| Output tokens | $5.00 |
| Audio input | $2.00 |
Capabilities
About Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview is Google DeepMind's enhanced embodied reasoning model for physical AI and robotics tasks. Pointing and counting accuracy improved from 61% (ER 1.5) to 80%; multi-view success detection reaches 84% across simultaneous camera feeds. New instrument-reading capability enables robots to interpret complex gauges and sight glasses. Context window is 131,072 input / 65,536 output tokens. Available via Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Replaces gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview, which was deprecated April 30, 2026.