DreamTrue: Action-Faithful Robot World Model with Counterfactual Post-Training

🤗 Upvotes: 32 | cs.RO, cs.CV

Authors:
Junyan Li, Ruizhi Li, Yu Liu, Xiangshuo Liu, Mingchao Sun, Hongyu Pan, Mu Xu, Lue Fan, Zhaoxiang Zhang

Title:
DreamTrue: Action-Faithful Robot World Model with Counterfactual Post-Training

Arxiv:
http://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12468v1

Abstract:
We present DreamTrue, a multi-view, cross-embodiment robot world model for action-faithful and physically plausible video prediction. Training such a model on existing robot datasets faces two obstacles: imprecise calibration can impair action following, while limited coverage of unsuccessful interactions can bias predictions toward successful outcomes. To improve action following across embodiments, we render action trajectories into image-space conditions and introduce offline geometric calibration to align these conditions with the target videos. To broaden interaction coverage, we introduce counterfactual post-training, modifying recorded action trajectories and generating future videos under a wider range of actions and contact configurations. To provide feedback on these predictions without paired ground-truth futures, we construct a human-annotated video dataset covering robot, object, and interaction defects and use it to train an embodied video reward model. Its scores guide reinforcement-learning post-training toward more physically plausible interaction outcomes. On AgiBot, DreamTrue attains state-of-the-art action following, while reducing the human-assessed interaction defect rate from from 48.12% to 6.25%. Notably, our model ranks first in the world model track of the AgiBot World Challenge 2026. The project page can be found at https://brave-eai.github.io/DreamTrue.