For a robot to react to its environment, it must first obtain information about its surroundings. Robots are not limited to just sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. Robots can not only sense but give accurate values for a variety of environmental factors that humans are otherwise unaware of or
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/basics-how-do-i-choose-appropriate-sensors