diff --git a/scripts/rsl_rl/cli_args.py b/scripts/rsl_rl/cli_args.py
index 4bc4f87..fde3046 100644
--- a/scripts/rsl_rl/cli_args.py
+++ b/scripts/rsl_rl/cli_args.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from isaaclab_rl.rsl_rl import RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg
+    from isaaclab_rl.rsl_rl import RslRlBaseRunnerCfg
 
 
 def add_rsl_rl_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def add_rsl_rl_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     )
 
 
-def parse_rsl_rl_cfg(task_name: str, args_cli: argparse.Namespace) -> RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg:
+def parse_rsl_rl_cfg(task_name: str, args_cli: argparse.Namespace) -> RslRlBaseRunnerCfg:
     """Parse configuration for RSL-RL agent based on inputs.
 
     Args:
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ def parse_rsl_rl_cfg(task_name: str, args_cli: argparse.Namespace) -> RslRlOnPol
     from isaaclab_tasks.utils.parse_cfg import load_cfg_from_registry
 
     # load the default configuration
-    rslrl_cfg: RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg = load_cfg_from_registry(task_name, "rsl_rl_cfg_entry_point")
+    rslrl_cfg: RslRlBaseRunnerCfg = load_cfg_from_registry(task_name, "rsl_rl_cfg_entry_point")
     rslrl_cfg = update_rsl_rl_cfg(rslrl_cfg, args_cli)
     return rslrl_cfg
 
 
-def update_rsl_rl_cfg(agent_cfg: RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg, args_cli: argparse.Namespace):
+def update_rsl_rl_cfg(agent_cfg: RslRlBaseRunnerCfg, args_cli: argparse.Namespace):
     """Update configuration for RSL-RL agent based on inputs.
 
     Args:
diff --git a/scripts/rsl_rl/play.py b/scripts/rsl_rl/play.py
index dba2368..a9a98e5 100644
--- a/scripts/rsl_rl/play.py
+++ b/scripts/rsl_rl/play.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 """Launch Isaac Sim Simulator first."""
 
 import argparse
+import sys
 
 from isaaclab.app import AppLauncher
 
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@
 )
 parser.add_argument("--num_envs", type=int, default=None, help="Number of environments to simulate.")
 parser.add_argument("--task", type=str, default=None, help="Name of the task.")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--agent", type=str, default="rsl_rl_cfg_entry_point", help="Name of the RL agent configuration entry point."
+)
+parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=None, help="Seed used for the environment")
 parser.add_argument(
     "--use_pretrained_checkpoint",
     action="store_true",
@@ -38,11 +43,15 @@
 cli_args.add_rsl_rl_args(parser)
 # append AppLauncher cli args
 AppLauncher.add_app_launcher_args(parser)
-args_cli = parser.parse_args()
+# parse the arguments
+args_cli, hydra_args = parser.parse_known_args()
 # always enable cameras to record video
 if args_cli.video:
     args_cli.enable_cameras = True
 
+# clear out sys.argv for Hydra
+sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]] + hydra_args
+
 # launch omniverse app
 app_launcher = AppLauncher(args_cli)
 simulation_app = app_launcher.app
@@ -56,34 +65,49 @@
 import isaaclab_tasks  # noqa: F401
 import SO_100.tasks  # noqa: F401
 import torch
-from isaaclab.envs import DirectMARLEnv, multi_agent_to_single_agent
+from isaaclab.envs import (
+    DirectMARLEnv,
+    DirectMARLEnvCfg,
+    DirectRLEnvCfg,
+    ManagerBasedRLEnvCfg,
+    multi_agent_to_single_agent,
+)
 from isaaclab.utils.assets import retrieve_file_path
 from isaaclab.utils.dict import print_dict
 from isaaclab.utils.pretrained_checkpoint import get_published_pretrained_checkpoint
 from isaaclab_rl.rsl_rl import (
-    RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg,
+    RslRlBaseRunnerCfg,
     RslRlVecEnvWrapper,
     export_policy_as_jit,
     export_policy_as_onnx,
 )
-from isaaclab_tasks.utils import get_checkpoint_path, parse_env_cfg
-from rsl_rl.runners import OnPolicyRunner
+from isaaclab_tasks.utils import get_checkpoint_path
+from isaaclab_tasks.utils.hydra import hydra_task_config
+from rsl_rl.runners import DistillationRunner, OnPolicyRunner
 
 
-def main():
+@hydra_task_config(args_cli.task, args_cli.agent)
+def main(env_cfg: ManagerBasedRLEnvCfg | DirectRLEnvCfg | DirectMARLEnvCfg, agent_cfg: RslRlBaseRunnerCfg):
     """Play with RSL-RL agent."""
-    # parse configuration
-    env_cfg = parse_env_cfg(
-        args_cli.task, device=args_cli.device, num_envs=args_cli.num_envs, use_fabric=not args_cli.disable_fabric
-    )
-    agent_cfg: RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg = cli_args.parse_rsl_rl_cfg(args_cli.task, args_cli)
+    # grab task name for checkpoint path
+    task_name = args_cli.task.split(":")[-1]
+    train_task_name = task_name.replace("-Play", "")
+
+    # override configurations with non-hydra CLI arguments
+    agent_cfg: RslRlBaseRunnerCfg = cli_args.update_rsl_rl_cfg(agent_cfg, args_cli)
+    env_cfg.scene.num_envs = args_cli.num_envs if args_cli.num_envs is not None else env_cfg.scene.num_envs
+
+    # set the environment seed
+    # note: certain randomizations occur in the environment initialization so we set the seed here
+    env_cfg.seed = agent_cfg.seed
+    env_cfg.sim.device = args_cli.device if args_cli.device is not None else env_cfg.sim.device
 
     # specify directory for logging experiments
     log_root_path = os.path.join("logs", "rsl_rl", agent_cfg.experiment_name)
     log_root_path = os.path.abspath(log_root_path)
     print(f"[INFO] Loading experiment from directory: {log_root_path}")
     if args_cli.use_pretrained_checkpoint:
-        resume_path = get_published_pretrained_checkpoint("rsl_rl", args_cli.task)
+        resume_path = get_published_pretrained_checkpoint("rsl_rl", train_task_name)
         if not resume_path:
             print("[INFO] Unfortunately a pre-trained checkpoint is currently unavailable for this task.")
             return
@@ -118,32 +142,43 @@ def main():
 
     print(f"[INFO]: Loading model checkpoint from: {resume_path}")
     # load previously trained model
-    ppo_runner = OnPolicyRunner(env, agent_cfg.to_dict(), log_dir=None, device=agent_cfg.device)
-    ppo_runner.load(resume_path)
+    if agent_cfg.class_name == "OnPolicyRunner":
+        runner = OnPolicyRunner(env, agent_cfg.to_dict(), log_dir=None, device=agent_cfg.device)
+    elif agent_cfg.class_name == "DistillationRunner":
+        runner = DistillationRunner(env, agent_cfg.to_dict(), log_dir=None, device=agent_cfg.device)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported runner class: {agent_cfg.class_name}")
+    runner.load(resume_path)
 
     # obtain the trained policy for inference
-    policy = ppo_runner.get_inference_policy(device=env.unwrapped.device)
+    policy = runner.get_inference_policy(device=env.unwrapped.device)
 
     # extract the neural network module
     # we do this in a try-except to maintain backwards compatibility.
     try:
         # version 2.3 onwards
-        policy_nn = ppo_runner.alg.policy
+        policy_nn = runner.alg.policy
     except AttributeError:
         # version 2.2 and below
-        policy_nn = ppo_runner.alg.actor_critic
+        policy_nn = runner.alg.actor_critic
+
+    # extract the normalizer
+    if hasattr(policy_nn, "actor_obs_normalizer"):
+        normalizer = policy_nn.actor_obs_normalizer
+    elif hasattr(policy_nn, "student_obs_normalizer"):
+        normalizer = policy_nn.student_obs_normalizer
+    else:
+        normalizer = None
 
     # export policy to onnx/jit
     export_model_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(resume_path), "exported")
-    export_policy_as_jit(policy_nn, ppo_runner.obs_normalizer, path=export_model_dir, filename="policy.pt")
-    export_policy_as_onnx(
-        policy_nn, normalizer=ppo_runner.obs_normalizer, path=export_model_dir, filename="policy.onnx"
-    )
+    export_policy_as_jit(policy_nn, normalizer=normalizer, path=export_model_dir, filename="policy.pt")
+    export_policy_as_onnx(policy_nn, normalizer=normalizer, path=export_model_dir, filename="policy.onnx")
 
     dt = env.unwrapped.step_dt
 
     # reset environment
-    obs, _ = env.get_observations()
+    obs = env.get_observations()
     timestep = 0
     # simulate environment
     while simulation_app.is_running():
diff --git a/source/SO_100/SO_100/robots/__init__.py b/source/SO_100/SO_100/robots/__init__.py
index 9e63b1b..aa0a926 100644
--- a/source/SO_100/SO_100/robots/__init__.py
+++ b/source/SO_100/SO_100/robots/__init__.py
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 from .so_arm100 import *
+from .so_arm100_roscon import *
diff --git a/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/lift/agents/rsl_rl_ppo_cfg.py b/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/lift/agents/rsl_rl_ppo_cfg.py
index 1ae2c8e..27fa0d9 100644
--- a/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/lift/agents/rsl_rl_ppo_cfg.py
+++ b/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/lift/agents/rsl_rl_ppo_cfg.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class LiftCubePPORunnerCfg(RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg):
     num_steps_per_env = 24
     max_iterations = 1500
     save_interval = 50
-    experiment_name = "so_arm100_lift"
+    experiment_name = "lift"
     empirical_normalization = False
     policy = RslRlPpoActorCriticCfg(
         init_noise_std=1.0,
diff --git a/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/reach/agents/skrl_ppo_cfg.yaml b/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/reach/agents/skrl_ppo_cfg.yaml
index 73ef462..15e2c15 100644
--- a/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/reach/agents/skrl_ppo_cfg.yaml
+++ b/source/SO_100/SO_100/tasks/reach/agents/skrl_ppo_cfg.yaml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ agent:
   time_limit_bootstrap: False
   # logging and checkpoint
   experiment:
-    directory: "reach_so_arm100"
-    experiment_name: "reach_so_arm100"
+    directory: "reach"
+    experiment_name: "reach"
     write_interval: auto
     checkpoint_interval: auto