SHARE Amazon Web Services Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., today announced it’s open-sourcing the device driver software at the heart of its AWS DeepRacer robots, its 1/18 th-scale autonomous racing vehicles designed to demonstrate machine learning technology. AWS DeepRacer provides a fast way to learn about machine learning programming by putting it into practical terms using autonomous vehicles as a real-world example of its use. In DeepRacer’s case, it is an Ubuntu Linux-based computer on wheels powered by the Robot Operating System. It can be bought on Amazon.com as a kit starting at $319. With today’s announcement, Amazon is offering a 25% discount on AWS DeepRacer ($100 off) and AWS DeepRacer Evo ($150 off) until May 27. Either is required to get started.