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There is an urgent need for a quick and effective survey of areas hit by accidents, that result in contamination with chemical, radioactive or explosive materials. Hence the need for mobile robots, which should be able to perform tasks in different environments for a long period of time, so that they can detect hazardous materials, identify their sources and create maps of their distribution. As a result, we can limit the spread of dangerous materials to other areas and reduce their harmful effects on the environment and the health of people. In this paper, we present a functional description of a robot capable of terrestrial-aerial movement in order to inspect areas and mark the contaminated parts. Here, we focus on the following topics: drone basic components, communications between the robot and the workstation, robot positioning, and detection of chemical contamination. During that we present a review of many important contributions in order to show the latest developments and try to explore future research directions.