Jwscud
I sometimes wonder why I bother.
Did you actually watch the video I just posted?
It clearly shows a toy drone interpreting the world so as not to hit things.
This is not supercomputer stuff, this is toy drone level tech.
Re the catching a ball.
Watch the TED talk I posted earlier. It shows both catching and using a racquet to bounce back a ball(considerably harder than merely catching) plus doing it in autonomous teams.
RAT 5
You say that the sensors "can only see so far in front"
This is true of human eyes.
A computer could combine EO/IR radar UV LIDAR etc giving clear view in fog etc. Vastly superior to the human eye.
Modern military aircraft do not go hunting using eyes. Their range is too limited. Google EO DAS F35 for what a true all round view is.