SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 16, 2026Interesting Engineering

Heat sources can trick thermal cameras into seeing obstacles that aren’t there

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University of Florida researchers found that thermal cameras in drones and autonomous vehicles can be fooled by environmental heat sources, creating false obstacles or missing real ones. They developed real-time defenses to filter suspicious thermal patterns.

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