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* Light: Presence of light, different color, intensity of light.

* Sound: Presence, frequency, intensity.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.robotplatform.com/knowledge/sensors/types_of_robot_sensors.html | title=Types of Robot Sensors | publisher=Robot Plateform | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>

Sensors in robots are like our eyes, nose, ears, mouth ,and skin. The major capabilities required by a robot are as follows:

1.Simple Touch: The presence or absence of an object.

2.Taction or Complex Touch: The presence of an object plus some information on its size and shape.

3.Simple Force: Measured force along a single axis.

4.Comples Force: Measured force along two or more axes.

5.Proximity: Non-contact detection of an object.

6.Simple Vision: Detection of edges, holes, corners, and so on.

7.Complex Vision: Recognition of shapes.

==See also==