Chapter 7. Navigating with Infrared Headlights
The BOE Shield-Bot can already use whiskers to get around, but it only detects obstacles when it bumps into them. Wouldn’t it be better if the BOE Shield-Bot could just “see” objects and then decide what to do about them? Well, that’s what it can do with infrared headlights and eyes like the ones shown below. Each headlight is an infrared LED inside a tube that directs the light forward, just like a flashlight. Each eye is an infrared receiver that sends the Arduino high/low signals to indicate whether it detects the infrared LED’s light reflected off an object.
- Download Chapter 7 Arduino Code
- Follow the links below to get started!
Code Update Notice
The Chapter 7 Arduino Code was updated on 11/15/2012. See the notice on this page for details.