A ROS Gazebo plugin to simulate ARVA sensors

Jonathan Cacace,Nicola Mimmo,Lorenzo Marconi,Jonathan Cacace,Nicola Mimmo,Lorenzo Marconi

This paper addresses the problem to simulate ARVA sensors using ROS and Gazebo. ARVA is a French acronym which stands for Appareil de Recherche de Victims en Avalanche and represents the forefront technology adopted in Search & Rescue operations to localize victims of avalanches buried under the snow. The aim of this paper is to describe the mathematical and theoretical background of the transceiv...