AirSim

Why we included this project

AirSim is a simulator for drones, cars, and other autonomous vehicles that runs as a plugin inside Unreal Engine, with an experimental Unity build. It produces physically and visually realistic scenes and exposes camera feeds, depth, segmentation, and other sensor data through a platform-independent API, which makes it a natural fit for computer vision and reinforcement learning research. Python, C++, or C# code written against the simulator can later run on real vehicles, and software-in-the-loop support for PX4 and ArduPilot lets you validate flight-controller behavior before any hardware is involved. The built-in data recording and computer-vision mode help when you need to generate training datasets. It is a mature, widely used research platform rather than a turnkey product, so plan on spending time on setup and environment building.