The field of autonomous systems is witnessing significant advancements in simulation platforms, driving innovation and scalability in research and development. Recent developments focus on creating more realistic and interactive environments, enabling seamless human-AI collaboration, and improving the safety and efficiency of autonomous systems. Noteworthy papers include:

• Sky-Drive, which introduces a novel distributed multi-agent simulation platform for socially-aware and human-AI collaborative future transportation.
• RoboVerse, which presents a comprehensive framework comprising a simulation platform, a synthetic dataset, and unified benchmarks for scalable and generalizable robot learning.
• DVS, SimPRIVE, and URBAN-SIM, which provide dynamic virtual-real simulation platforms, simulation frameworks for physical robot interaction with virtual environments, and scalable urban simulation solutions, respectively, to advance autonomous micromobility and robot learning.