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 thsoe obstacles along the way.
Defined on page 344
Used on pages 344, 345, 378