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Runway's open-source Praxis-1 turns video AI into a robot controller
The Decoder · By Tomislav Bezmalinović ·
The Brief
- Runway released Praxis-1, a robotics model, with open weights and source code under the Apache 2.0 license.
- The model applies knowledge learned from video training to robot control.
- Praxis-1 leads the World Action Model category on Nvidia's RoboLab-120 benchmark, according to the source.
- The model cannot yet plan complex actions.
Why it matters
Developers can now inspect, run and build on an open-weight robot controller derived from video AI, under a permissive license, though its planning limits constrain complex tasks.
Who’s affected
- Robotics developers
- Teams building robot control systems on open-weight models
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- #open-weights
- #world-models
- #apache-2.0
- #runway
- #video-ai
Runway releases its robotics model Praxis-1 with open weights and source code under the Apache 2.0 license. The model uses knowledge from video training for robot control and leads the World Action Model category on Nvidia's RoboLab-120 benchmark. It can't yet plan complex action…
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Runway's open-source Praxis-1 reported by The Decoder
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Runway's open-source Praxis-1 turns video AI into a robot controller