Cognata, an Israel-based artificial intelligence startup, is showing off its simulation engine for autonomous cars at CES 2018. What is it? The Cognata platform is a virtual world simulation engine that gives autonomous vehicle manufacturers and developers a way to train AI brains to drive safely. It’s like traffic school for robots. According to the company: Cognata provides a realistic virtual automotive environment that simulates real-world test driving and generates fast, highly accurate results. The simulation engine reproduces sensor input by emulating interactions with real-world materials. Cognata can recreate cities anywhere in the world, allowing a dramatically expanded range of…

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