the.com/obstacle avoidance
the art of not hitting things, mathematically enforced.
means a robot or system's ability to detect obstacles and reroute itself before becoming a very expensive paperweight.
from emerged from 1970s-80s mobile robotics research, where early machines like the Stanford Cart inched forward, took a photo, calculated for fifteen minutes, then maybe moved.
early failurestanford cart took hours to cross a room
core methodlidar or sonar builds a live distance map
algorithm classicpotential fields treat obstacles as repelling magnets
modern edgeself-driving cars do this at highway speed