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Runway ML unveils Praxis-1 World Action Model for robot control

Runway ML has introduced Praxis-1, an open-weight World Action Model designed to enable robots to learn from vast amounts of video data. This model leverages Runway's expertise in video pre-training and real-time infrastructure to provide a policy model for robotics developers. Praxis-1 aims to bring embodied intelligence to various industries by utilizing the abundance of video data, and is currently being tested with partners like Noble Machines and Standard Bots, with public weight releases planned for the near future. AI

IMPACT Enables robots to learn from video data, potentially accelerating embodied AI development across industries.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Runway ML unveils Praxis-1 World Action Model for robot control

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  1. X — Runway (video gen) TIER_1 English(EN) · runwayml ·

    Introducing Praxis-1, an open-weight World Action Model that turns our video pre-training expertise into real world control for robots.

    Introducing Praxis-1, an open-weight World Action Model that turns our video pre-training expertise into real world control for robots. Robot demonstration data is limited. But video data is infinite. Praxis-1 extends our bet that the best policy models will learn from video, ht…