# Runway's open-source Praxis-1 turns video AI into a robot controller

Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/runways-open-source-praxis-1-turns-video-ai-into-a-robot-controller/) · 2026-11-14 · AI
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/runway-s-open-source-praxis-1-turns-video-ai-into-a-robot-controller-1c4e572d1ed1dca7
Kind: release · Impact: medium

## In 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.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-14: Runway's open-source Praxis-1 reported by The Decoder

## Coverage

- [Runway's open-source Praxis-1 turns video AI into a robot controller](https://the-decoder.com/runways-open-source-praxis-1-turns-video-ai-into-a-robot-controller/) — The Decoder, 2026-11-14

Tags: robotics, open-weights, world-models, apache-2.0, runway, video-ai

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