An infrared thermal detection system

Abstract

Anybody whose temperature differs from absolute zero (0K) emits and absorbs electromagnetic radiation coming from, one hand, the physicochemical nature and on the other hand, the action of intrinsic mechanisms of vibrational energies of the molecules. In this paper, we propose a robot that exploits this characteristic to detect and to track a thermal source in its environment. The system consists of a mobile platform having mounted a thermal detection device using thermopiles that is controlled by a computer via a graphical user interface.