METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INSPECTION OR OPERATIONAL OBSERVATION OF DANGEROUS, HARSH SPACES OR SPACES WITH HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

A method and apparatus for the inspection of a hostile environment includes a sensorized device carrying a plurality of image sensors positioned with different orientations, so as to detect image data of the hostile environment; a support adapted to support the sensorized device in the hostile environment; a processor of the image data generating a spherical and/or three-dimensional image based on the image data; and a remote display device adapted to be positioned outside the hostile environment and in communication with at least the processor of the image data, the plurality of sensors detecting contemporaneous image data of at least 60% of 4π steradians of the hostile environment, the apparatus being adapted for a hostile environment with temperatures and/or atmospheric contaminants harmful or dangerous for human beings.