Runway Gives Away Its Praxis-1 Robot Brain Under Apache 2.0, Betting Free Weights Will Beat Closed Models on the Factory Floor

Runway has released its 27-billion-parameter Praxis-1 world action model with open weights for commercial use, claiming top marks on NVIDIA’s RoboLab-120 benchmark. Here’s what it means for companies buying robot automation.

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Google’s Gemini Robotics 2.5 Hits 96% on Mercedes-Benz Lines, but the Last 4% Is the Real Test for Factory Humanoids

Google DeepMind’s new Gemini Robotics 2.5 model helped Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid kit car parts with a 96% success rate on Mercedes-Benz production lines. Here is what the pilot, the new ASIMOV-Jailbreak safety benchmark and the remaining reliability gap mean for businesses planning automation.

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