A Virtual Environment with Multi-Robot Navigation, Analytics, and Decision Support for Critical Incident Investigation

A Virtual Environment with Multi-Robot Navigation, Analytics, and Decision Support for Critical Incident Investigation

David L. Smyth, James Fennell, Sai Abinesh, Nazli B. Karimi, Frank G. Glavin, Ihsan Ullah, Brett Drury, Michael G. Madden

Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Accidents and attacks that involve chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) substances are rare, but can be of high consequence. Since the investigation of such events is not anybody's routine work, a range of AI techniques can reduce investigators' cognitive load and support decision-making, including: planning the assessment of the scene; ongoing evaluation and updating of risks; control of autonomous vehicles for collecting images and sensor data; reviewing images/videos for items of interest; identification of anomalies; and retrieval of relevant documentation. Because of the rare and high-risk nature of these events, realistic simulations can support the development and evaluation of AI-based tools. We have developed realistic models of CBRNE scenarios and implemented an initial set of tools.
Keywords:
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems: Multi-agent Planning
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems: Agent-Based Simulation and Emergence
Machine Learning: Deep Learning
Uncertainty in AI: Uncertainty in AI