Robot Reel

Give Physical AI a replay button.

Recorded policy runs in simulation. Films you can inspect. 3D scenes you can edit. Watch the behavior, step through the evidence, and take the scene with you.

◉ Explore the Stress Lab   ·   ✦ Enter the Butterfly Lab   ·   ◐ Try the before / after   ·   Download the demos ↓   ·   中文

No account or install to watch. Preview panels show independent recorded runs.

Choose your workflow

Robot Reel packages policy simulations and 3D scene edits into replayable recordings, source data and editable files. Explore an existing experiment, then use its guide to record or edit your own scene.

| What you need to do | Start here | What you can deliver | | --- | --- | --- | | Review a policy under changed conditions | SmolVLA Stress Lab | Paired outcomes, camera views, action traces and an offline experiment | | Inspect simulation parameters and numerical error | Genesis × Newton Solver Lab | Error curves, original samples and editable OpenUSD | | Edit captured assets and review the change | Blender Scene Lab | Baseline and edited projects, renders and edit parameters |

Each experiment documents its method, checked quantities and runtime requirements. For your own policy or simulator, start with the [recording guide](docs/recording.md) and validate exports against the original samples.

Quick start

Try Robot Reel on Hugging Face: compare 30 SmolVLA simulation trials on one task (10 initial states × 3 conditions), orbit recorded GPU cloth, and explore twelve Newton worlds and both Microduck walks. No installation or model account needed. The Space hosts the original recordings; [build and publication details](docs/huggingface.md) include their source commit and checksums. Model & data collection · Feedback & discussion.

New here? Take the three-step tour: compare a real paired outcome, inspect its native Rerun workspace, then verify the full experiment locally. The demo gallery filters policy runs, comparison experiments and 3D creation; previews play on request.

Python 3.12+ and the standard library are enough to check a real recording:

git clone https://github.com/noteflowai/robot-reel.git
cd robot-reel

# Check every trial in the paired policy experiment.
python3 -m robot_reel.cli stress docs/stress

# Check the recorded policy episode and its evidence.
python3 -m robot_reel.cli vla docs/vla

# Turn the included braking comparison into a checked storyboard.
python3 -m robot_reel.cli direct docs/compare/braking \
  --plan examples/contact-storyboard.json --output artifacts/director

[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/noteflowai/robot-reel/blob/main/examples/quickstart.ipynb) Or use the [verified installation packages or non-root Docker image](docs/distribution.md). Recording new runs needs the [full runtime](docs/recording.md). The hosted replays open in a browser without a local simulation environment.

One frame. Back in the scene.

Scene Lab — Microduck × captured terrain × Blender. Step through a recorded robot on the original and edited coastal scene. Follow its trajectory and contacts, keep its source camera, or orbit the full robot. Compare the matching MuJoCo and Blender video frames, then download the animated native project or export a source-checked frame JSON.

[](https://noteflowai.github.io/robot-reel/scene-lab/)

Both six-second runs are retained, including the falls and slides. All 362 source frames have native transform and virtual-camera checks. Full geometry, body bounds/proxy and recorded-video modes support different rendering limits. [Reproduction and measured performance](examples/scene-motion/README.md) · Portable Blender projects.

One launch. Mind the timestep.

Solver Lab — Genesis × Newton. Six independent L40S / CUDA flights use the same initial state and gravity at 30, 120 and 480 integration steps per second. Compare each recorded arc with the analytic solution, inspect position and velocity errors, and follow specific-energy drift. Smaller steps reduce this pilot's maximum position error from 32.70 cm to 2.05 cm.

[](https://noteflowai.github.io/robot-reel/solver-lab/)

Open Solver Lab ↗ · Complete offline experiment · [Scene, equations and reproduction](docs/solver-lab.md)

All 366 recorded position/velocity states remain downloadable as JSON/CSV. Genesis native trajectories were reopened and checked; the editable OpenUSD retains every sample. The installed CLI verifies and exports the lab without a GPU. Both engines produce matching values in this simple no-contact, no-drag flight; it is an integration diagnostic, not a ranking of simulators.

Inside a learned Microduck walk.

Share a verifiable Microduck frame. Frame links identify the trace and model revision. Download the matching experiment and frame JSON, then check them with robot-reel microduck-review. The installed verifier needs no source checkout or GPU. [Offline workflow](docs/offline-lab.md).

Microduck Motion Lab. Tap a 3D joint to inspect it, drag to orbit, overlay policy targets, click a 14-joint residual heatmap, and follow the original video. Switch between 0.3 / 0.5 m/s speed commands and inspect all 8,400 measured joint samples. Share a frame, export JSON/CSV, or reopen a received frame JSON after checking every fact against the recording. Take both complete walks offline. Playback stays beside the schematic; four view buttons work from the keyboard. Retry a failed video without losing the selected frame or joint. [Review a frame with your agent](docs/agent-review.md): load a focused skill through Skills Anywhere, run the read-only source check, then explain the verified facts.

Enter the Microduck Motion Lab ↗ · Both recordings and offline viewer · [Methods and checks](docs/microduck-lab.md) · Interaction inspiration: mishig's Microduck Anatomy

All 18,000 body transforms were checked against MuJoCo. The schematic fixes the floating root because the original recordings did not save root orientation; it does not infer foot contact. This is simulation with PD-actuator fallback, not hardware. Model-derived geometry and footage retain upstream noncommercial/ share-alike terms. Original implementation; no code or assets copied from the reference Space.

Same sheet. Three ways to fall.

Cloth Lab. Release three independent Newton cloth simulations on NVIDIA L40S, changing only the bending coefficient. Orbit the deforming meshes, overlay them on the same clock, and compare measured vertex motion. Every one of the 42,471 vertex samples is retained in the source data and checked through OpenUSD and Blender. The current lab also exports 1920 × 1080 figures with measured deformation and source fingerprints, plus full-precision sample JSON. Shared links preserve the camera angle so teammates can reopen the same view. Open a received sample JSON to check its facts and restore that view offline, or verify it independently against the source vertices with the current CLI.

Release the sheets ↗ · Offline experiment · Editable OpenUSD · [Method, limits & reproduction](docs/cloth.md)

The coefficients are solver settings, not calibrated fabric properties. Colors identify cases; the page reports geometric diagnostics and preserves original float32 positions and velocities. No collisions or self-contact are modeled. The browser draws saved meshes with Canvas 2D; no CUDA or Newton installation is needed for playback. Robot Reel 0.7.0+ includes the cloth CLI and complete offline export in its [installation package](docs/distribution.md). Recording new runs uses the optional Newton runtime.

Same task. Change the view.

The Stress Lab. SmolVLA runs the same task under reference lighting, reduced light and a shifted camera. Explore 30 real closed-loop trials across ten paired initial states. Select any outcome in the matrix, compare both policy cameras, and jump to the largest measured trajectory difference. Recorded with NVIDIA L40S / CUDA inference, with hardware and timing in every trace.

Compare the policy runs ↗ · Complete offline lab ↓ · MCAP telemetry ↓ · [Open it in Foxglove](docs/telemetry.md) · [Reproduce & inspect](docs/stress.md)

Share a moment for review. Export a selected pair as JSON or readable Markdown with your own note. Reopen the JSON to restore the exact source samples, or verify its recorded facts against the full local collection. Held final observations and the complete experiment's counts stay explicit. [Review workflow and CLI](docs/stress.md#share-a-moment-for-review).

See what a net score hides. The live lab groups every paired seed by outcome. The camera condition's net gain of two successes includes three gains and one loss. Select either group, jump to its recordings, and export the full paired report for independent verification with the 0.8.0+ installed CLI. Compare paired outcomes · [Report method and CLI](docs/stress.md#compare-paired-outcomes).

Inspect every failure. Filter the recorded classifications and jump to each final motion window, with measured end-effector travel.

[](https://noteflowai.github.io/robot-reel/stress/#failures)

Failure analysis. All 14 unsuccessful trials reached the action limit. Every trial remained above the 1 mm stall threshold: end-effector travel over the final tenth of each episode ranged from 44.8 mm to 138.6 mm. These measurements establish motion at the cut-off; task progress and success with a larger action budget require separate evaluation.

Repeatability check. One repeat of the full plan on the same L40S matched 30 / 30 outcomes, action counts, recorded robot states and actions, and 360 / 360 rendered frames consumed by policy calls. One of 3,195 recording-only frames differed; that frame was not used for inference. The result documents repeatability under these recorded conditions. It does not establish general determinism or, by itself, causal attribution. [Taxonomy, reproducibility and their limits](docs/stress.md#what-the-failures-were-and-whether-a-repeat-agrees).

Browse the results on Hugging Face Datasets: 30 trial rows and 20 paired rows, with source hashes, units and the full method. This is the recorded pilot's tabular evidence, not a training dataset or official benchmark.

The 0.8.0 offline lab includes these review tools. Download the ZIP and the sample review JSON, then follow the [quick start guide](docs/offline-lab.md). No installation is needed to replay; the matching release wheel enables independent CLI checks.

One task × three native scene conditions × ten paired seeds. Fixed budget: 160 actions / 8 simulation seconds per trial. Every trial is retained; execution errors stay in the attempt ledger. Inspect applied controls, measured state, separate inference/simulation timings and per-condition confidence intervals. This is a controlled diagnostic, not an official LIBERO benchmark score. Preview plays on simulation time; shorter runs explicitly hold their final sample.

Same seed. Different endings.

Native Rerun inspection. Open three paired Stress Lab trials with six embedded camera videos, measured 3D end-effector paths, applied controls and policy-timing curves on one clock. The portable recording keeps the original JSON and has been read back against every source sample.

Open the Rerun workspace ↗ · Portable recording ↓ · [Rebuild & verify](docs/telemetry.md#native-rerun-workspace)

Selected seed 09: reference succeeds; dim lighting and the shifted camera reach the step limit. 405 observations · 41 policy calls · 6 embedded videos. The full experiment still contains 30 trials. Desktop browser recommended; the downloaded file opens locally in Rerun 0.37.2.

0.05° apart. Worlds apart.

The Butterfly Lab. Twelve isolated Newton worlds begin at nearly identical angles. Their recorded paths become a luminous 3D time sculpture. Drag to orbit, switch to a motion overlay, and find the moment a tiny release difference becomes a 6.26 m gap.

Explore the Butterfly Lab ↗ · OpenUSD scene ↓ · Offline experiment ↓ · [Reproduce & inspect](docs/chaos.md)

601 samples × 12 worlds. All 14,424 body poses checked in native Blender. Adjacent release offsets are 0.05°; the sweep spans 0.55°. The largest recorded gap is world 04 versus 01 (+0.15°), at 12.5 s. Sculpture depth represents time, not physical travel. Preview plays at 3.33×; the interactive replay defaults to 1×.

One recording. Two looks.

Drag between the original MuJoCo simulation and its Blender replay. Jump to the recorded contact, step both views together, then take the editable scene into your own project.

Drag to compare ↗ · [How the samples match](docs/remix.md) · Download the Blender scene

Choose your front-row seat

01 / Words → robot actions

A language instruction becomes an actual SmolVLA rollout in LIBERO. Inspect both camera views, measured state and each applied control. 76 actions · one completed simulation task Play the task ↗ · Reproduce it · Episode + evidence ↓

02 / Brief → Blender film

Connect an MCP agent to plan camera cuts, captions and slow motion. Build an editable film whose frames map back to the original recording. 4 camera views · all 180 source samples retained Explore the film ↗ · Connect an agent · Blender project ↓

03 / Physics → editable 3D

Record Newton physics on CPU. Explore measured poses in a browser, then open the animated OpenUSD scene in Blender to light, edit and render. 181 source samples · 362 checked body transforms Inspect the physics ↗ · Build the scene · OpenUSD ↓

04 / A tiny robot. A learned policy.

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Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: noteflowai
• Source: noteflowai/robot-reel
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://noteflowai.github.io/robot-reel/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.