  Autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence techniques can be used to
support human personnel in the event of critical incidents. These incidents can
pose great danger to human life. Some examples of such assistance include:
multi-robot surveying of the scene; collection of sensor data and scene
imagery, real-time risk assessment and analysis; object identification and
anomaly detection; and retrieval of relevant supporting documentation such as
standard operating procedures (SOPs). These incidents, although often rare, can
involve chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear or explosive (CBRNE)
substances and can be of high consequence. Real-world training and deployment
of these systems can be costly and sometimes not feasible. For this reason, we
have developed a realistic 3D model of a CBRNE scenario to act as a testbed for
an initial set of assisting AI tools that we have developed.
