Praxis-1
About
About Praxis-1
Praxis-1 is Runway's generalist robot-policy model, built by extending video-model pretraining into physical action. It learns visual and physical structure from large video datasets, then uses robot-specific fine-tuning to produce actions for particular embodiments. Runway's demonstrations include placing objects into containers, handling cluttered tableware and picking a book after a mobile robot approaches a shelf.
Early testing spans Noble Machines' bimanual hardware, Standard Bots' RO1 six-axis arm and an Ultra mobile base. These are partner evaluation configurations, with each setup adapted to its own hardware. Runway is working with selected partners before a planned public open-weight release; the weights are not yet generally downloadable. Robotics access is arranged through Runway's team, separately from its creative-video subscriptions and enterprise media tools.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: Shelf-retrieval evaluation setup
- Object retrieval
Research demonstration - 2026-09-30 - Approach a shelf and pick up a book using the demonstrated mobile manipulator. - environment: Shelf-retrieval evaluation setup
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Observed use
Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.
- Ultra mobile base
Evaluation - Tested With - Physical - Ultra tested Praxis-1 on its physical robot hardware during Runway’s pre-launch partner programme.
Source - RO1
Evaluation - Tested With - Physical - Standard Bots tested Praxis-1 on its physical robot hardware during Runway’s pre-launch partner programme.
Source - Noble Machines partner robot
Evaluation - Tested With - Physical - Noble Machines tested Praxis-1 on its physical robot hardware during Runway’s pre-launch partner programme.
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Research
- Introducing Praxis-1
2026-09-30 - Research Publication - A world action model under partner evaluation for real robot control, with public weights planned.
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Timeline
- Runway introduces Praxis-1 world action model for real robots
2026-09-30 - Research Publication - Noble Machines, Standard Bots and Ultra are testing the model on their hardware, including the Standard Bots RO1 arm. The model learns robot actions from large-scale video pretraining combined with robot interaction data. Public weights are planned in the coming months, following the pre-launch partner programme.
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Context
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