{"id":867219,"date":"2022-08-04T17:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:25:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T23:25:51","slug":"autonomous-systems-group-robotics","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/autonomous-systems-group-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1144\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"flying car\" style=\"object-position: 47% 19%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly.png 1144w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-1066x600.png 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-655x368.png 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-343x193.png 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/08\/fly-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 id=\"autonomous-systems-and-robotics-group\">Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Developing training and simulation technologies for robotics systems<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group works on the research and development of training and simulation technologies for robotics systems. We investigate multiple domains at the intersection of Robotics and Machine Learning such as Computer Vision, Imitation\/Reinforcement Learning, Controls, and Natural Language Processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robots are starting to revolutionize almost all facets of our lives, whether it&#8217;s in the form of autonomous (flying) vehicles for transportation and agriculture, personal robots for home care, or logistics automation. Our group&#8217;s efforts lie at the intersection of machine learning, simulation, and autonomous systems, and our goal is to tackle the challenges we face as we transition from a world of automation to a world of autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We investigate multiple domains at the intersection of Robotics and Machine Learning such as Computer Vision, Imitation\/Reinforcement Learning, Controls, and Natural Language Processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Relevant links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/innovation-stories\/microsoft-launches-project-airsim-an-end-to-end-platform-to-accelerate-autonomous-flight\/\">Microsoft launches Project AirSim, an end-to-end platform to accelerate autonomous flight | Innovation Stories<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group works on the research and development of training and simulation technologies for robotics systems. 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