mjlab: A Lightweight Framework for GPU-Accelerated Robot Learning
Abstract
We present mjlab, a lightweight, open-source framework for robot learning that combines GPU-accelerated simulation with composable environments and minimal setup friction. mjlab adopts the manager-based API introduced by Isaac Lab, where users compose modular building blocks for observations, rewards, and events, and pairs it with MuJoCo Warp for GPU-accelerated physics. The result is a framework installable with a single command, requiring minimal dependencies, and providing direct access to native MuJoCo data structures. mjlab ships with reference implementations of velocity tracking, motion imitation, and manipulation tasks.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Robot Manipulation and Learning
Educational Robotics and Engineering
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint