Sensors, a matsayin ginshiƙin fasahar bayanai na zamani, gada ce tsakanin duniyar zahiri da duniyar dijital. Suna iya ganewa da kuma canza nau'ikan nau'ikan jiki daban-daban, kamar zazzabi, matsa lamba, ƙarfin haske, sauti, ƙaura, da sauransu, don samar da ingantaccen shigar da bayanai zuwa tsarin. A cikin sarrafa kansa na masana'antu, gida mai kaifin baki, lafiyar likita, kula da muhalli da sauran fannoni da yawa, na'urori masu auna firikwensin suna taka rawar da ba za a iya maye gurbinsu ba. Ta hanyar saka idanu na ainihi da ma'auni daidai, na'urori masu auna firikwensin suna taimakawa kayan aiki don samun iko mai hankali, inganta ayyukan samarwa, inganta yanayin rayuwa, da kare yanayin muhalli. Tare da saurin haɓaka fasahar fasahar Intanet na Abubuwa, mahimmancin na'urori masu auna firikwensin kamar yadda ƙarshen sayan bayanai ya zama sananne sosai, kuma ya zama wani muhimmin abu don haɓaka tsarin fahimtar zamantakewa.