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

Tomislav Bezmalinović Nov 14, 2026 Runway Key Points Runway has released its robot model Praxis-1 with open weights and source code under the Apache 2.0 license. Trained on videos and robot data, the model processes camera images, text instructions, and position data to calculate matching robot movements. Praxis-1 can be adapted to new robot systems through additional training, according to Runway. The model does occasionally confuse similar-looking objects, though, and it can’t yet reliably plan complex action sequences on its own. AI company Runway has released its robot model Praxis-1 with open weights and source code. The model uses what it learned from video to control robots…