6th week - Fire detection

Fire detection scheme

To detect the flame from the candle the team thought about implementing a motion detector to detect the wavelength of the flame. I have decided on using an IRPD (infrared proximity detector). With this the robot would be a ble to sense an object in the front left, front center, and front right. in order to detect the flame we will need to calibrate it to detect the flame of a candle. Another way, which we just recently found out about, is to use a silicon photodetector wi th a long-pass filter and calibrate it to detect candlelight.

                                                          IRPD (infrared proximity detector)

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                                                   Signal spread of the detector

When the candle flame is spotted in the range of this detector it the robot will be able to come in on the position of the flame, come closer, and put it out.