Runway introduces Praxis-1 world action model for robotics - The Robot Report

Runway introduced Praxis-1, described by the company as an open-weight world action model that turns its video pretraining into control for robots, according to a report by The Robot Report. Runway said the model is built on the same large-scale video pretraining behind its general world models. According to the report, the company is testing Praxis-1 with early partners before a public release in the coming months.

The report attributes the description to Runway and quotes the company's framing of Praxis-1 as a world action model. The report describes the model as open-weight. It does not specify the licence under which the model would be released, the number of early partners involved, or their identities. It gives no release date beyond "the coming months," and no model size, training data details, benchmark results, or performance figures. The stated basis for the model is the video pretraining used for Runway's general world models.

The article places the announcement in the context of Runway's existing work on general world models, which the company is extending into robotics. It states that testing with early partners is taking place ahead of the public release, and that the release is expected in the coming months. The report does not state pricing, supported hardware, deployment partners, or the terms on which third parties would be able to use the model.