A line follower is a common project for anyone wishing to make a start in robotics, a small wheeled device usually with some kind of optical sensor which allows it to follow a line drawn on the ...

Literally. Line following robots, in their many forms, have been a favorite hacker project for years.

Robotiky -- described as "Scratch meets Lego Mindstorms" -- is made up of a handful of components, including wheels, a battery pack, a microprocessor, light sensors and a "line following sensor".

Unlike traditional magnetic line-following sensors that only detect position along a single dimension, the MTS160’s unique angle detection allows robots to assess the curvature of the track.

PreAct Technologies (PreAct), an Oregon-based developer of near-field flash LiDAR technology, today announced a line of new flash LiDAR sensors - Saha ...