AirSim

AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source, cross-platform simulator for drones, ground vehicles such as cars and various other objects, built on Epic Games’ proprietary Unreal Engine 4 as a platform for AI research.^[2] It is developed by Microsoft and can be used to experiment with deep learning, computer vision and reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous vehicles.^[3][4] This allows testing of autonomous solutions without worrying about real-world damage.^[5]

AirSim
Original author(s)	Microsoft Research
Developer(s)	Microsoft and community
Initial release	February 16, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-02-16)
Stable release	1.8.1 / July 17, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-07-17)[1]
Repository	github.com/microsoft/AirSim
Written in	C++
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Operating system	Windows 10, macOS, Linux
Type	Flight simulator
License	MIT License
Website	microsoft.github.io/AirSim

AirSim provides some 12 kilometers of roads with 20 city blocks and APIs to retrieve data and control vehicles in a platform independent way. The APIs are accessible via a variety of programming languages, including C++, C#, Python and Java. AirSim supports hardware-in-the-loop with driving wheels and flight controllers such as PX4 for physically and visually realistic simulations. The platform also supports common robotic platforms, such as Robot Operating System (ROS).^[6] It is developed as an Unreal plug-in that can be dropped into any Unreal environment.^[7] An experimental release for a Unity plug-in is also available.^[8][9]

On December 15, 2023 Microsoft has shutdown the development of the project.^[10]

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Vehicle simulation game
• Microsoft Flight Simulator