Obstacle avoidance is an aspect of navigation for a robot or autonomous vehicle. High-level navigation looks for principle goals, landmarks or waypoints, but the route towards the next waypount may incldue varios obtacles, some staionary (such as rocks or lamposts), some moving (such as people or other robots). Obstacle avoidance seeks to create a path that avoids bumping into those obstacles along the way.
Used in Chap. 15: pages 226, 227, 234, 235; Chap. 16: page 246
Also known as avoidance mechanisms, avoidance rules
Local planning to avoid obstacles
Avoiding moving objects