Visually Indicating Vehicle Caution Regions

A method comprising:

• determining, by a control system, a planned operating region for a vehicle within an environment;
• determining, by the control system, that the planned operating region is within a threshold distance of an object within the environment;
• in response to determining that the planned operating region is within the threshold distance of the object, determining, by the control system, a caution region to illuminate with a light projector near the object, wherein the light projector is connected to the vehicle;
• and
• causing, by the control system, the light projector to project an indication of the caution region near the object, wherein the projected indication remains fixed in relation to the object as the vehicle moves toward the planned operating region.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instruction that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operation comprising:

• determining a planned operating region for a vehicle within an environment;
• determining that the planned operating region is within a threshold distance of an object within the environment;
• in response to determining that the planned operating region is within the threshold distance of the object, determining a caution region to illuminate with a light projector near the object, wherein the light projector is connected to the vehicle;
• and
• providing instructions to cause the light projector to project an indication of the caution region near the object, wherein the projected indication remains fixed in relation to the object as the vehicle moves toward the planned operating region.