Advanced Robot 3D Simulation Interface for Disaster Management

Recent progress in modern technology can enhance the definition of disaster recovery management strategy. Rescue teams can rely on Autonomous Systems (A.S.) during recovery operations, dispatching to them various tasks. A.S. can reach locations that may be unattainable or dangerous for humans. Yet, correctly configuring A.S. for a specific mission is an open issue. Incorrect configurations can lead to imprecise or erroneous data, that could result in wrong information provided to rescuers. We propose a set of steps to validate the configuration running the A.S. in a virtual environment through 3D simulations. These steps shall be performed during the deployment of rescue teams in order to speed-up the definition of a rescue management strategy. The expected results are: (i) adequacy assessment, (ii) mission success expectancy and (iii) A.S. survival probability. Moreover, we propose a set of integration to better support disaster-management in the existing 3D virtual simulator.