Currently, there are no plans to provide the suite of capabilities that would be required to include obstacle avoidance within Santos Lite. It would be impossible to do so while also meeting the affordability goals for why Santos Lite was created. (See Santos Lite FAQ above.)
Additional Details:
Santos Lite was created at the request of Prof. Jim Potvin and Prof. Nick La Delfa to provide ergonomic and kinesiology professionals operating as independent contractors with a solution to a very serious problem within a budget-friendly package. Learn more about this solution.
In contrast, Santos Pro was created from the ground up to provide a foundational human-centric design platform that can perform fast-forward, market acceptance litmus tests at any stage within existing design processes.
If you and your teams have only intermittent requirements for capabilities that go beyond Santos Lite and investing in Santos Pro is not currently an option, you may wish to consider SHI’s services group (Santos Solutions) on a project-by-project basis.