TIP!
Infrared radiation is invisible to the human eye. But there
is a trick you can do to see it anyway: Look at Chipz’ face
through a mobile camera while he is in explorer or in follow-me
mode. You can see a purple glow in the transparent infrared
emitters, which is not visible to the naked eye.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Most robots are not particularly intelligent, because they simply follow
their programming or they are remote controlled by humans. Robots with
artificial intelligence are able to learn and make their own decisions.
This makes them “autonomous”, which means they can complete their
tasks on their own without requiring a command to do so. One example
of this is self-driving cars.
WHAT ARE INFRARED SENSORS?
Chipz owes his intelligence to the
infrared sensors on his printed circuit
board. His infrared transmitters
(transparent) send out infrared rays.
These are reflected by objects and
registered by the infrared receivers
(black). In this way, Chipz can avoid
colliding with objects. The shorter the
rays travel, the closer the obstacle is.
Bats use a similar technology, but they
use ultrasound instead of infrared
radiation.
IR emitter
IR receiver
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