---
language:
- en
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
pipeline_tag: robotics
tags:
- motion-generation
- trajectory-prediction
- computer-vision
- pytorch
- torch-hub
---

# ZipMo (Learning Long-term Motion Embeddings for Efficient Kinematics Generation)

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ZipMo is a motion-space model for efficient long-horizon kinematics generation. It learns compact long-term motion embeddings from large-scale tracker-derived trajectories and generates plausible future motion directly in this learned motion space. The model supports spatial-poke conditioning for open-domain videos and task/text-embedding conditioning for LIBERO robotics evaluation.

## Abstract

Understanding and predicting motion is a fundamental component of visual intelligence. Although modern video models exhibit strong comprehension of scene dynamics, exploring multiple possible futures through full video synthesis remains prohibitively inefficient. ZipMo models scene dynamics by directly operating on a long-term motion embedding learned from large-scale trajectories. This enables efficient generation of long, realistic motions that fulfill goals specified via text prompts or spatial pokes.

![ZipMo teaser figure](https://compvis.github.io/long-term-motion/static/images/social_preview.png)
*ZipMo generates long-horizon motion in a compact learned motion space, supporting spatial-poke conditioning for open-domain videos and task-conditioned action prediction on LIBERO.*

## Usage

For programmatic use, the simplest way to use ZipMo is via `torch.hub`:

```python
import torch

repo = "CompVis/long-term-motion"

# Open-domain motion prediction
planner_sparse = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_planner_sparse")
planner_dense = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_planner_dense")

# Motion autoencoder
vae = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_vae")
```

LIBERO planning and policy components can be loaded in the same way:

```python
import torch

repo = "CompVis/long-term-motion"

# LIBERO planners
libero_atm_planner = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_planner_libero", "atm")
libero_tramoe_planner = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_planner_libero", "tramoe")

# LIBERO policy heads
policy_head_atm = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_policy_head", "atm")
policy_head_tramoe_goal = torch.hub.load(repo, "zipmo_policy_head", "tramoe", "goal")
```

Available Torch Hub entries:

- `zipmo_planner_sparse`: sparse-poke planner for open-domain motion prediction.
- `zipmo_planner_dense`: dense-conditioning planner for open-domain motion prediction.
- `zipmo_vae`: long-term motion autoencoder.
- `zipmo_planner_libero`: LIBERO planner with mode `atm` or `tramoe`.
- `zipmo_policy_head`: LIBERO policy head with mode `atm` or `tramoe`. For `tramoe`, pass one of `10`, `goal`, `object`, or `spatial`.

For the interactive demo, evaluation scripts, and training instructions, see the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/CompVis/long-term-motion).

## Citation

If you find our model or code useful, please cite our paper:

```bibtex
@inproceedings{stracke2026motionembeddings,
  title     = {Learning Long-term Motion Embeddings for Efficient Kinematics Generation},
  author    = {Stracke, Nick and Bauer, Kolja and Baumann, Stefan Andreas and Bautista, Miguel Angel and Susskind, Josh and Ommer, Bj{\"}rn},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
  year      = {2026}
}
```