Microsoft's AI system for training autonomous cars and drones goes open source - TechRepublic

Want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to train autonomous drones and self-driving cars the way Microsoft does? Microsoft recently shared its open source system for performing such trainings, including its AI-based platform AirSim. The project, called the Aerial Informatics and Robotics Platform, aims to provide simulation tools and resources to help in the training of robots, drones, and other hardware that can operate autonomously, according to a Microsoft blog post. By improving the way that these devices and vehicles can navigate their environment, the hope is that that can eventually shed their "emerging technology" title. By using virtual simulators, like AirSim, a team is able to collect valuable data and train the systems more efficiently before they take them out of the lab.