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In October 2021, we announced that we acquired the MuJoCo physics simulator<\/a>, and made it freely available for everyone to support research everywhere. We also committed to developing and maintaining MuJoCo as a free, open-source, community-driven project with best-in-class capabilities. Today, we\u2019re thrilled to report that open sourcing is complete and the entire codebase is on GitHub<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here, we explain why MuJoCo is a great platform for open-source collaboration and share a preview of our roadmap going forward.<\/p>\n

A platform for collaboration<\/h4>\n

Physics simulators are critical tools in modern robotics research and often fall into these two categories:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. Closed-source, commercial software.<\/li>\n
  2. Open-source software, often created in academia.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The first category is opaque to the user, and although sometimes free to use, cannot be modified and is hard to understand. The second category often has a smaller user base and suffers when its developers and maintainers graduate.<\/p>\n

    MuJoCo is one of the few full-featured simulators backed by an established company, which is truly open source. As a research-driven organisation, we view MuJoCo as a platform for collaboration, where roboticists and engineers can join us to develop one of the world\u2019s best robot simulators.<\/p>\n

    Features that make MuJoCo particularly attractive for collaboration are:<\/p>\n