I needed a multichannel line tracker sensor module for an upcoming project. A quick search found several versions of infrared line tracker sensor modules that met or exceeded my demands, but I picked ...

Infrared line tracker modules hardly need an in-depth explanation as they’re very familiar to most electronics and robotics hobbyists. In this post I’ll discuss a popular and cheap infrared line ...

TOKYO -- Japan aims to strengthen defenses against hypersonic missiles, with plans to test the tracking capabilities of space-based infrared sensors, Nikkei has learned, as China and Russia make ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Jan. 16 it selected L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space to build and operate 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors capable of tracking ...

The sensor is designed for the Epoch satellite constellation. Credit: L3Harris L3Harris’s missile-tracking infrared satellite payload has passed its preliminary design review (PDR). The sensor is ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a competition to build and deploy a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development ...

Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...