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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2026 · 22 MIN

DreamX-Phi 1.0: Action-Conditioned Video World Model for Robotic Manipulation

from Daily Paper Cast · host Jingwen Liang, Gengyu Wang

🤗 Upvotes: 79 | cs.CV, cs.RO Authors: DreamX Team, Rui Chen, Xiangxiang Chu, Geng Li, Jifan Li, Qingfeng Shi, Datao Tang, Jing Tang, Jun Wang, Pengfei Zhang Title: DreamX-Phi 1.0: Action-Conditioned Video World Model for Robotic Manipulation Arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13489v1 Abstract: We present \textbf{DreamX-Phi 1.0}, an action-conditioned video world model for robotic manipulation that, given an observed frame, a language instruction, and a prescribed action sequence comprising end-effector poses and gripper states, predicts the resulting future observations. Yet realism alone does not guarantee faithfulness: a convincing rollout can still move the wrong arm or lose the manipulated object. To ensure the prediction respects each arm's commanded path, we inject per-arm $\mathrm{SE}(3)$ transformations into attention via \textbf{PRoPE-style geometric encoding}, preserving arm identity and rigid-motion structure. Action control alone does not fully constrain scene geometry or the evolution of small manipulated objects. We therefore add a lightweight \textbf{depth branch} for scene-level geometry and use \textbf{SAM3 masks} with a frozen \textbf{V-JEPA teacher} to maintain object consistency throughout grasping. We further distill the multi-step generator into a few-step student via distribution-matching distillation for efficient deployment. At the time of writing, \model{} achieves first place on Track~1 and second place on Track~2 of the WorldArena~2.0 Challenge. Our model and code will be publicly available.

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