Proposal of a simulation platform to evaluate rescue robots in active disaster environment

In this paper, we propose a simulation platform to evaluate rescue robots in active disaster environment. At developing robots, a simulator is useful to design and check the motions and functions of robots. Rescue robots with mobility have to be evaluated in active environments that situations around the robots change dynamically as real environments. To our knowledge, no simulation system supports dynamically changing simulation environments. We propose active environment that provides realistic testing situations for rescue robots.