Robots, systems, and methods for hazard evaluation and visualization

A robot platform, comprising:

• a hazard sensor configured for sensing an environmental hazard to generate a signal containing hazard information indicative of a magnitude of the environmental hazard at a current location;
• a manipulator configured for moving the hazard sensor relative to the robot platform;
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• a system controller disposed on the robot platform and operably coupled to the manipulator, and the signal from the at least one hazard sensor, the system controller configured for executing a hazard evaluation of an area of interest, the hazard evaluation, comprising repeatedly:
• determining a hazard level proximate the hazard sensor from the hazard information;
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• using a robot initiative to adaptively move the hazard sensor with the manipulator to a new manipulator position responsive to the hazard level determined at one or more of a present hazard level and previous hazard levels from the repeated hazard level determinations;
• and
• determining a hazard gradient indicating varying levels of a hazard intensity at different locations responsive to two or more of the repeated hazard level determinations.