Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) and Microsoft Research (MSR) announced a joint initiative to explore the use of Microsoft's artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in robotics. The project involves training robots to interact with real-world objects in the same way that humans do. Researchers at Sberbank will be working with their MSR counterparts in Redmond, Washington. The team will try to find effective ways to control manipulators that use the capabilities of an AI platform developed by Microsoft. The platform uses machine learning, including reinforcement learning, and simulation modeling in virtual reality to develop autonomous AI systems that can function in the real world.