Duo

Duo is a robot's name. In an interview video released by Google DeepMind, Duo is the partner robot that worked alongside the humanoid robot Apollo to tidy up a garage.

Think of it like two people moving furniture: one person carries the item while the other holds the box steady to catch it. Closing bins and putting them back in place wasn't something Apollo did alone — it worked in sync with Duo to get the timing right. A single robot moving precisely on its own is a very different challenge from two robots coordinating their timing in the same space, and Apollo itself said this particular collaboration went especially well.

In the coverage, Duo isn't introduced as a separate robot model in its own right — it only appears as the name of the collaborator Apollo mentioned. The video alone doesn't reveal which company built Duo or what technology powers it.

The article includes the line: "Apollo said it worked with a robot named 'Duo' during the garage challenge." It's worth not confusing this — Duo isn't a new AI model, just the name of the robot that collaborated with Apollo on the tidying task.