IR Sensors- will they attack hot Chiaphuas?

[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

IR is a form of light beyond the range of human visionbut it is a form or radiant heat. My question is- does a heat source emit a specific wavelength or a broader spectrum of wavelengths including the one sensed by the sensors?

Second scenario- the processors of the sideline computer control station emit a heat source or maybe have IR networking.

It would be fun to see all the IR sensors in the arena make a beeline for the control team. A real frenzy- who can hit who first- the robots take out the controls or the operators hit the stop buttons.

I'm sitting way up in the stands this season...
WC

Ok, you should experiment with infrared sensors and a detection card to see what it does. These infrared emmitters and detectors OPERATE AT A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY. Thus the emmiter (on the sideline above the balls in the center) does bursts of light, on and off repetidly at a certain speed. simmilar to your TV remote. you cant take any remote and make it work with your TV it MUST be on the correct frequency.

Just believe me, the robots WILL NOT go for heat.

by the way. it would NOT be fun for a robot to take off after a control table. note the words CONTROL TABLE. if this happened it would take time to fix everything.