Matthias Plappert is a research scientist with interests in machine learning, robotics, reinforcement learning, and code synthesis. He is currently a Senior Research Advisor at DeepMind.
Plappert received his Bachelor of Science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he wrote his thesis on the "Classification of Human Whole-Body Motion using Hidden Markov Models." He later completed his Master's degree, with a thesis on "Parameter Space Noise for Exploration in Deep Reinforcement Learning."
Plappert has worked with several notable organizations in the field of AI and machine learning. He was an intern at OpenAI, where he worked on projects such as "Learning Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation" and "Solving Rubik's Cube with a Robot Hand." He also contributed to the development of Codex, a GPT language model fine-tuned on publicly available code from GitHub, which powers GitHub Copilot.
Plappert has also been affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he collaborated with researchers like Tamim Asfour and Christian Mandery. Their work together includes publications on "Learning a bidirectional mapping between human whole-body motion and natural language using deep recurrent neural networks" and "The KIT Motion-Language Dataset."
In addition to his research, Plappert has presented at various symposiums and workshops, including the OpenAI Robotics Symposium in 2019 and NeurIPS 2018, where he presented on "Learning Dexterity." He has also developed tools such as Keras-RL, a deep reinforcement learning library, and PiBot, a simple robot platform based on a Raspberry Pi.
Youtube Title: OpenAI Spinning Up in Deep RL Workshop
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OpenAI Spinning Up in Deep RL Workshop
Youtube Title: OpenAI Robotics Symposium 2019
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OpenAI Robotics Symposium 2019
Youtube Title: Ingredients for Robotics Research
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Ingredients for Robotics Research
Youtube Title: Bidirectional mapping between human whole-body motion and natural language using deep RNNs
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Bidirectional mapping between human whole-body motion and natural language using deep RNNs
Youtube Title: DQN Cartpole
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DQN Cartpole
Youtube Title: How to Train a Robot Arm - A New Method
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How to Train a Robot Arm - A New Method
Youtube Title: Marcin Andrychowicz - Solving Rubik’s Cube with a Robot Hand
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Marcin Andrychowicz - Solving Rubik’s Cube with a Robot Hand
Youtube Title: CVPR 2023 Paper Compilation - TUM Visual Computing Lab & Collaborators
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CVPR 2023 Paper Compilation - TUM Visual Computing Lab & Collaborators
Youtube Title: GPT5 INSANE New Model That SHOCKS The Entire World
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GPT5 INSANE New Model That SHOCKS The Entire World
Youtube Title: Why Robots Need to be Able to Say "No" | Matthias Scheutz | TEDxVienna
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Why Robots Need to be Able to Say "No" | Matthias Scheutz | TEDxVienna
Youtube Title: Solving Rubik's Cube with a Robotic Hand Explained!
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Solving Rubik's Cube with a Robotic Hand Explained!
Youtube Title: All about OpenAI chatGPT how to register / Login,how to ask questions and save it .
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All about OpenAI chatGPT how to register / Login,how to ask questions and save it .
Youtube Title: Silviu Pitis on Generalizing O.O.D. using Counterfactual Data Augmentation | Toronto AIR Seminar
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Silviu Pitis on Generalizing O.O.D. using Counterfactual Data Augmentation | Toronto AIR Seminar
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Deep Learning Salon by Weights & Biases
Youtube Title: Learning Dexterous Manipulation with a Robotic Hand with Alex Paino
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Learning Dexterous Manipulation with a Robotic Hand with Alex Paino