Enhanced environment simulator for proxy robot handlers

An omnidirectional treadmill environment simulator comprising:

• a generally circular simulator stage area;
• a first set of a plurality of tiles individually shaped as unattached equilateral triangles which mesh together to form the generally circular simulator stage;
• a second set of a plurality of tiles directly corresponding to the first set of the plurality of tiles but inverted from the first set, wherein the second set of the plurality of tiles constitutes the bottom portion of the omnidirectional treadmill;
• a plurality of transport mechanisms configured to maintain a user at or near the center of the generally circular simulator stage area,
• wherein each of the plurality of transport mechanisms couples one subset of tiles from the first set of tiles to a corresponding subset of tiles from the second set of tiles and enables movement of its coupled tile subsets in one of two directions of an axis, and
• wherein the plurality of transport mechanisms is operational to enable movement of the tile subsets along three different axes;
• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to collect position data of the user, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to process the position data to control the plurality of transport mechanisms;
• a receiver for receiving data from a remote location;
• a terrain analysis computer for processing the data received from the remote location,
• wherein the terrain analysis computer is further configured to collect the data received from the remote location to form an accurate simulation of an upcoming condition at the remote location;
• and
• a transmitter for transmitting the position data to the remote location.