collision avoidance
Preventing impact automatically
Collision avoidance refers to systems or techniques designed to prevent objects from crashing into each other.
The term appears most often in transportation—cars, aircraft, and ships use collision avoidance systems that detect obstacles and warn operators or take automatic evasive action: The plane's collision avoidance system triggered an alert.
The concept extends to robotics, spacecraft navigation, and any domain where objects must safely share space.
- defensive drivingProactive safe vehicle operation
- near-missNarrowly averted incident
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- proximity sensorsDevices detecting nearby objects contactlessly
- road designPlanning vehicle pathways
evasive · situational awareness · safety · sonar · computer vision · air traffic control · emergency braking · automatic braking · head-on crash · autopilot systems · reaction time · split second · pilot training · braking systems · risk assessment · terrain analysis · navigation · blind spot
- Air Trafficair traffic control, ATC, controller, radar contact, radar tracking
- Radarradar display, radar dish, Doppler radar, radar lock, radar imagery
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- roboticsrobot, android, humanoid, robotic arm, servo
- driving safetyblind spot, braking, brake, signaling, merging
- safety systemsparachute, airbag, airbags, ejection seat, brakes
collision avoidanceramming
Striking with violent impact
collision course · vehicular assault · targeting · pursuit · interception
avoid, avoided, avoidance, collision, avoiding, collide, avoids, collides, colliding