Isaac Lab-Arena

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NVIDIA framework for composing simulated robot tasks and running large-scale policy evaluations on Isaac Lab.1

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026Basic entry14 of 18 facts checked at the sourceNext check 8 Apr 2027
Runs in
Simulation2
Checked against real robots
Not checked
Skill
Handling objects
Robot
One arm, Humanoid, Robot hand2
Licence
Unclear3

Comparisons with real robots

Not checked4

Details

No sim-to-real measurement published for the framework. NVIDIA blog states partners will publish sim-to-real validated methods (a plan, not evidence).

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About

What it is
Simulator Inferred2
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Classified by the Atlas from how the authors describe and distribute it.

Built by
NVIDIA; co-developed with Lightwheel4
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README: evaluation and task layers designed in close collaboration with Lightwheel; built in collaboration with the RoboLab authors. Checked 2026-10-10.

Released
2026-01 (NVIDIA blog 2026-01-05 announces pre-alpha). Earlier: repo created 2025-08-15; first release-notes commit 2025-11-11; release/0.1.0 branch exists.4
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Commit dates from GitHub API (https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab-Arena/commits/main/docs/pages/references/release_notes.rst). Checked 2026-10-10.

Version
v0.3.1; README status 'Alpha Software - Not an Early Access or General Availability Release'1
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Checked 2026-10-10.

Last update
v0.3.1 release notes committed 2026-10-07 (expanded Newton support, placement recording and replay, deformable and cable tasks, ObjectDisappearVariation). Latest commit 2026-10-09.5
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Checked 2026-10-10.

Setup

Runs in
Simulation2
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Checked 2026-10-10.

Robot
One arm, Humanoid, Robot hand2
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Named: Franka / DROID, Unitree G1, GR1, Kuka Allegro. Checked 2026-10-10.

Setting
Tabletop, Kitchen2
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Checked 2026-10-10.

Size
No fixed task set. Docs list 5 agentic-generation examples, 3 imitation-learning and 2 RL example environments, plus RoboLab, Kitchen Benchmark and Python environment catalogs (sizes not given). v0.3.0 notes: RoboLab catalog and more than 15 pick-and-place environments.2
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Docs page states Arena is not another benchmark or library of benchmarks. Checked 2026-10-10.

Scoring and access

Scored by
Success rate, Progress score2
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Task success rate, subtask predicate progress, per-episode records, sensitivity analysis over perturbed factors. Checked 2026-10-10.

Leaderboard
None4
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Blog points to the Hugging Face LeRobot Environment Hub as a place to publish; no Arena leaderboard found. Checked 2026-10-10.

Code licence
Apache-2.0 (LICENSE.md). README notes Isaac Sim, a required dependency, has proprietary components.3
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GitHub API reports NOASSERTION, likely because LICENSE.md starts with a Markdown heading; the text is Apache 2.0. Checked 2026-10-10.

Data licence
Unknown
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Looked in README, docs index, LICENSE.md. Checked 2026-10-10.

Sources 5

  1. 1isaac-sim/IsaacLab-Arena on GitHub (repository)Repository · checked 10 Oct 2026
  2. 2Welcome to Isaac Lab-Arena! — isaaclab_arenaOfficial site · checked 10 Oct 2026
  3. 3isaac-sim/IsaacLab-Arena on GitHub (file LICENSE.md)Repository · checked 10 Oct 2026
  4. 4Simplify Generalist Robot Policy Evaluation in Simulation with NVIDIA Isaac Lab-Arena | NVIDIA Technical BlogOfficial blog · checked 10 Oct 2026
  5. 5isaac-sim/IsaacLab-Arena on GitHub (file release_notes.rst)Repository · checked 10 Oct 2026

Change history

  1. Created as a basic entry: identity facts checked at primary sources (phase 1 re-verification).