The invention discloses an obstacle avoidance system for robot equipment. The obstacle avoidance system for the robot equipment comprises an engine, a cab and a GPS navigation module; a high-position detecting column is arranged in a roof position above the cab; an infrared camera is mounted at the bottom of a front vehicle bumper in front of the cab; a touch display screen is arranged within the cab, wherein a processor is arranged on the internal side of the display screen; the infrared camera is used for detecting road condition ahead and transmitting a road condition grey-scale map to the processor; the high-position detecting column is connected with the camera and used for detecting a road sign ahead and transmitting road sign information to the processor; the processor is used for receiving the road condition grey-scale map and the road sign information, which are transmitted by the infrared camera and the high-position detecting column, and is used for transmitting a moving instruction to a direction control module and transmitting a decelerating instruction to a wheel sensor according to an adjusting module; and the direction control module is arranged on a steering wheel within the cab and used for receiving the moving instruction of the processor and controlling the steering wheel to rotate.